A fire outbreak on Thursday night gutted a female hostel annexe of Gombe State University, left three hospitalised with different degrees of injuries. ‎ ‎The flames is suspected to have been triggered by a cooking gas explosion. ‎ The Public Relations Officer of the Federal Fire Service, Gombe Command, Assistant Superintendent of Fire, Bashir Muazu, while confirming the incident, described it as “unfortunate”. ‎ He said that it was caused by LPG, cooking gas, saying that it is based on preliminary investigation, it was caused by unattended cooking by a student. ‎ ‎According to him, “while no fatalities were recorded, three students were taken to the hospital.” ‎ A source told that the fire could have been put out quickly if the school’s fire service was functioning well. ‎