BACOLOD CITY ,Philippines – All the 10 classrooms of the Our Lady of Lourdes Academy in Pulupandan, Negros Occidental were destroyed by a fire that struck the school Thursday night, Mayor Magdaleno Peña said yesterday.
Fr. Tomas Rito, Pulupandan parish priest, said the fire gutted the school’s two-story building with eight classrooms, the principal’s office, the faculty room, and two other classrooms behind the church. The only structures left were the computer room and library, he said.