By Own Correspondent| At least 34 students at Usher Institute in Figtree escaped death and injury by a whisker after fire broke out at Eva Morton hostel this morning.

The students, all in form 4 however lost their property and they were rushed to United Bulawayo Hospitals for medical check up.

The fire, whose source has not yet been confirmed razed down the hostel destroying property worth thousands of dollars.

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