Sixteen pupils killed in Kenya school fire, local police say

Search-and-rescue operations are ongoing, with the number of casualties yet to be confirmed.

Fire at School Dormitory in Kenya Kills Several Students

It was not immediately clear what caused the blaze, which was the latest in a series of deadly fires at schools in the country in recent years.

By Lynsey Chutel

Dormitory fire at Kenyan school kills at least 15 students

Parents face anxious wait for updates after blaze tears through Utumishi girls academy in Gilgil, Nakuru county A fire that ripped through a dormitory at a girls’ school in Kenya overnight has killed at least 15 students, according to police, while dozens more were injured. Gilgil police station said at least 15 girls died at Utumishi girls academy in Gilgil, Nakuru county, about 76 miles north-east of Nairobi, according to a police report seen by Reuters. Continue reading...

By Rachel Savage and agencies

Fire at Kenyan girls’ school kills 16

At least 16 students died in an overnight fire that started in the dormitories of a girls’ boarding school in Kenya, a government official said, in the latest such incident to rock the East African nation. Education Minister Julius Ogamba said on Thursday that 79 others were injured at the Utumishi Girls School, which has more than 800 students in the Gilgil area of central Kenya. The cause has not yet been established. Ogamba said authorities would investigate whether the school’s fire safet...

By Associated Press

Kenya: Deadly fire breaks out at girls' boarding school

At least 16 students were killed and 73 injured at a girls' boarding school in central Kenya, authorities said.

At least 15 pupils dead in fire at Kenya girls’ boarding school

Police say fire erupted at 1am in a dormitory of the boarding school

By Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

At least 15 students killed in overnight dormitory blaze in Kenyan girls' school

An unknown number of students were also injured at Utumishi Girls' Academy Senior School in Gilgil in Nakuru County.

Fire in Kenya girls' school dormitory kills 16, injures 73

Local authorities said the fire broke out in a dormitory where 220 girls had been sleeping.

Kenya school fire kills 15 students, police say

A fire tore through a dormitory at a girls’ school in a town in Kenya’s Rift Valley overnight, killing at least 15 students, police said on Thursday. An unknown number of students were also injured at Utumishi Girls’ Academy Senior School in Gilgil in Nakuru County, the Gilgil Police Station said in a report seen […]

Students feared dead following a dorm fire at Utumishi Girls Academy

Gilgil SPC Winston Mwakio says number of the victims yet to be confirmed.

Fire in Kenya girls’ school dorm kills 16

Tragedy strikes Utumishi Girls Academy in Kenya as a dormitory fire claims 16 lives and hospitalizes 73. Learn more about the devastating Kenya school fire Read More: https://punchng.com/fire-in-kenya-girls-school-dorm-kills-16/

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Fire in Kenya girls’ school dorm kills 16

The fire broke out at around 1:00 am local time in Utumishi Girls Academy in Nakuru County, around 120 kilometres (75 miles) north of the capital Nairobi The post Fire in Kenya girls’ school dorm kills 16 appeared first on Vanguard News.

By Henry Oduah

Sixteen pupils killed in Kenya school fire

Sixteen students have been killed in a fire at a boarding school in Gilgil, about 120km (77 miles) west of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, the authorities have confirmed

By Deborah Okailey Quarcoo