A fire tore through a dormitory at a âgirlsâ school in a town in Kenyaâs Rift Valley overnight, killing 16 students, the government said on Thursday. The fire, whose cause has not been established, broke out just after midnight at the Utumishi Girlsâ Academy â Senior School in Gilgil in west-central Kenya and burned for more than two hours, âEducation Minister Julius Migos told reporters. He said 79 other students were injured, although 71 of them had already been discharged â from hospital. Footage aired on Kenyan television showed broken window panes and smoke-stained walls, while family members gathered outside the school gates to seek news of missing loved ones. Fires are common at Kenyan schools, with more than 100 recorded in 2024, according to the â government. Many fires are set by students protesting harsh discipline and poor conditions, researchers have found. âInvestigations are ongoing, but the identification of the cause âof the fire (at Utumishi Girlsâ Academy) is not yet identified,â Migos said. A fire in 2024 at a primary boarding school in nearby âNyeri County killed â 21 students. Its cause was never âconclusively established. âThe fire
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Kenyan authorities have arrested eight students on âsuspicion of arson over a fire at a girlsâ boarding school that killed 16 students, police said on Friday. The fire at the Utumishi Girlsâ Academy Senior School in Gilgil in…
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Kenyan authorities have arrested eight students on âsuspicion of arson over a fire at a girlsâ boarding school that killed 16 students, police said on Friday. The fire at the Utumishi Girlsâ Academy Senior School…
Read original at CNN →A fire tore through a dormitory at a âgirlsâ school in a town in Kenyaâs Rift Valley overnight, killing 16 students, the government said on Thursday. The fire, whose cause has not been established, broke out just…
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Kenyan authorities have arrested eight students on âsuspicion of arson over a fire at a girlsâ boarding school that killed 16 students, police said on Friday. The fire at the Utumishi Girlsâ Academy Senior School in Gilgil in…
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