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‘Burnt beyond recognition’: Kenya school blaze kills 17 students
The cause of the fire on Thursday night at Hillside Endarasha Primary in Nyeri county was being investigated, police say, adding there are fears the death toll may rise.
Some fires have been started by students during unrest. In 2017, 10 high school students died in a school fire in the capital, Nairobi.Kenya
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Some fires have been started by students during unrest. In 2017, 10 high school students died in a school fire in the capital, Nairobi.Kenya
A fire in a school in central Kenya has killed 17 students, a police spokeswoman said on Friday, following media reports that they had been burnt beyond recognition.
More rescuers were on their way to the Hillside Endarasha Academy in Nyeri, the spokeswoman, Resila Onyango, said in a broadcast on Kenya’s Hot 96 FM radio, and authorities would provide details later.
“We have lost 17 pupils in the fire incident while 14 are injured …,” Onyango told Reuters by telephone. “Our team is at the scene at the scene at the moment.”
The fire had burnt the students beyond recognition, Citizen Television said earlier.
Nine students were killed in Sept 2017 in a fire at a school in the capital, Nairobi.
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SOURCE: TRTWORLD AND AGENCIES
