130-Year-Old School In Shillong Gutted by Massive Fire

Guwahati: The 130-year-old Khasi Jaitia Presbyterian Girls’ Higher Secondary School was completely destroyed by a terrible fire that started in the early hours of Sunday.

The boarders living in the nearby boarding home narrowly avoided the fires, according to eyewitnesses who came on the scene, and they were moved right away to Community Hall Mission Compound.

After the fire was put out by fire tenders, the boarders were led by teachers and church elders in prayers and hymn singing before being led back to the hostel.

There have been no confirmed casualties up to the time this report was filed, and the cause of the fire is still unknown.

Established in year 1892, K.J.P. GIRLS HR. SEC SCHOOL is located in Urban area of Shillong Municipal.