A dormitory fire at Utumishi Girls Academy in Nakuru County, Kenya, has killed 16 students and left 79 hospitalised, reigniting concerns over recurring school fire tragedies in the country.

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

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…

By SHARON NAKOLA in Nairobi, Kenya |