Published on
28/05/2026 - 13:18 GMT+2
At least 16 children have been killed and 79 other hospitalised after a fire ripped through a girls' dormitory in Kenya on Thursday, the latest deadly blaze to hit a school in the east African country.
The fire broke out shortly before 1:00 am local time at Utumishi Girls Academy in Nakuru County, around 120 kilometres north of the capital Nairobi, officials said.
There have been many devastating school fires in Kenya, where boarding schools are common as a colonial legacy of missionaries and British rule.
