Kenya school dormitory fire kills at least 17 students sleeping inside
Police said the bodies recovered from the Hillside Endarasha Academy were burnt beyond recognition
At least 17 pupils have died after a fire ripped through their school dormitory overnight in central Kenya, police said on Friday.
The blaze in Nyeri county’s Hillside Endarasha Academy broke out at around midnight, police said, engulfing a dormitory where the children were sleeping.
The primary school caters to some 800 pupils, aged between roughly five and 12.
“There are 17 fatalities from this incident and there are also others who were taken to hospital with serious injuries,” national police spokesperson Resila Onyango said.
“The bodies recovered at the scene were burnt beyond recognition,” she said.
Police said the average age of the victims was around nine years old.
