CCTV footage allegedly showing students starting a dormitory fire at Utumishi Girls Senior Secondary School has led to six arrests and a nationwide debate after the blaze killed 16 students.

Fires are common at Kenyan schools, with many set by students protesting harsh discipline and poor conditions.

Eight students have been arrested in connection with a suspected arson attack at a Kenyan girls' school that killed 16 children. Investigations are ongoing

Sixteen children were killed and dozens injured in fire on Thursday

The fire, at the Utumishi Girls' Academy Senior School in Gilgil in west-central Kenya, broke out in the early hours of Thursday morning and also injured 79 students.

NAIROBI — Kenyan police arrested eight female students on suspicion of arson after a fire destroyed a dormitory at a boarding school, killing 16 children and...

The fire broke out at the Utumishi Girls Academy Senior School in Gilgil, killing 16 people and wounding 79 others.

It has also emerged that plans for a strike were hatched by students over a week ago.

Eight students were arrested for the alleged arson of a dormitory at a Kenyan girls' boarding school that killed 16 students and injured 79 others.

Families of Utumishi Girls fire victims blame the school and Ministry of Education, questioning locked dormitories and ignored safety guidelines.

The Utumishi Girls fire tragedy has sparked outrage over school safety failures and the government’s handling of grieving parents after 16 students died.

Four days after the Utumishi Girls Academy fire tragedy, parents came face to face with the full reality and impact of the incident as they viewed the charred remains of their…

A review of CCTV footage helped investigators to piece together the sequence of events.

Detectives are now pursuing a seventh suspect who had earlier been released to her parents and is currently not in custody.

The DCI said in an update that forensic examination of CCTV footage from the school, supported by enhanced analysis at its NPS Forensics Laboratory, led to the identification of…

Church leaders have called for a swift investigation and urgent school safety reforms following the Utumishi Girls Academy fire that claimed 16 students' lives.

CCTV footage allegedly showing students starting a dormitory fire at Utumishi Girls Senior Secondary School has led to six arrests and a nationwide debate after the blaze killed…

The situation at Utumishi Girls Senior School may be indicative of conduct disorder.

Public debate has intensified over Kenya’s child justice system after eight Utumishi Girls Academy students were linked to a fatal dormitory fire.