Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleAt least 15 students have died in a fire at Utumishi Girls School (KTN News Kenya/ YouTube)At least 15 students have died, and 74 others were injured in a fire at Utumishi Girls School, a boarding school in Nakuru County, central Kenya. The blaze erupted in a dormitory about 1am on Thursday, quickly spreading and engulfing the Meline Waithera Block, which housed 220 pupils, mostly aged 15-17. Police and firefighters contained the fire, but the cause has not yet been established, with investigations currently underway by government officials. Distraught parents have arrived at the cordoned-off school, with some witnessing students jumping from upper floors to escape the flames. The incident highlights a recurring issue of school fires in Kenya, prompting opposition leader Kalonzo Musyoka to call for urgent government action to protect students in boarding schools. In fullAt least 15 pupils dead in fire at Kenya girls’ boarding schoolThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

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

A fire at a girls' dormitory in Kenya on Thursday resulted in 16 children dead and 79 others hospitalized, marking one of the deadliest incidents at a school in the East African…

At least 16 students died in an overnight fire that started in the dormitories of a girls' boarding school, a government official said, in the latest such incident to rock the…

A government official in Kenya says 16 students died in an overnight fire that started in the dormitories of a girls’ boarding school.

At least 10 students at Utumishi Girls High School in Gilgil, Nakuru County, have died in a dormitory fire that broke out at about 2.00 am.

A fire at a school for girls in central Kenya has caused an unknown number of deaths

GILGIL, Kenya (AP) — A fire at a girl’s school in central Kenya has caused an unknown number of deaths.

NAIROBI: A dormitory fire in Kenya’s central region of Nakuru killed at least 10 students, media said on Thursday, citing a senior police official. Emergency rescue teams were…

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

Authorities are trying to account for all the students at Utumishi Girls School in the Gilgil area.

At least 15 students have died in a fire that tore through a girls’ boarding school in central Kenya early on Thursday morning.

A devastating fire has struck Utumishi Girls Academy in Nakuru County, Kenya. The blaze broke out early Thursday morning. Local media reports suggest multiple girls may have…

Police said an estimated 15 students have been killed at Utumishi Girls' Academy Senior School in Kenya's Nakuru county after a fire ripped through a dormitory

ALBAWABA - At least 16 students were killed after a fire at a school in Kenya, local media confirmed Thursday,A dormitory fire occurred at Utumishi Girl

The death toll from Utumishi Girls Academy fire has risen to 15 following the tragic incident that occurred in the early hours of Thursday.

Several girls are feared dead after a school fire in Kenya, local media say.

Tragedy in Kenya. At least 16 female students have died due to a fire that broke out in the early hours of today in a dormitory of the Utumishi Girls Academy in Gilgil, central…

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