The fire broke out at 0:40 a.m. local time, when most of the students and teachers were asleep.
Pekanbaru, Riau (ANTARA News) - A fire gutted Al Ihsan Islamic Boarding School and killed two students in Kubang Jaya village, Siak Hulu Sub-district, Kampar District, Riau Province, in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

"According to information from the field, two students were killed due to the fire," Chief of the Kampar Police Adjunct Senior Commissioner Ery Apriyono revealed here on Tuesday.

The fire broke out at 0:40 a.m. local time, when most of the students and teachers were asleep.

The victims have been identified as Musa Ali Mulhab (16) and Arsadi Rabbani (16).

The fire ravaged two boarding house buildings with 12 rooms.

The cause of the fire is still being investigated, the police officer stated.(*)

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