Firefighters in Tonga battled a blaze that engulfed a resdential building at the Free Wesleyan Church’s Theological College known as Sia’atoutai in Tongatapu .
Kaniva News understands one of the buildings at the compound known as Si’oto’ofa Atu was badly damaged.
Apparently this was the first house fire to be reported in Tongatapu for 2016.
Authorities could not be reached for comment.
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