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At least 17 children killed in a Dormitory Fire at Hillside Endarasha Academy in Nyeri - Mwanzo TV

At least 17 children killed in a Dormitory Fire at Hillside Endarasha Academy in Nyeri

Fire outbreak at Hillside Endarasha Academy in Nyeri

At least 17 pupils have died after a fire ripped through their school dormitory overnight in Nyeri County, central Kenya.

The blaze in Nyeri county’s Hillside Endarasha Academy broke out at around midnight, police said, engulfing a dormitory where the children were sleeping.

“There are 17 fatalities from this incident and there are also others who were taken to hospital with serious injuries,” said national police spokesperson Resila Onyango.

Police did not release the ages of the victims.

“The bodies recovered at the scene were burnt beyond recognition,” she said.

Several others were injured, Onyango said, 16 of them seriously, and had been rushed to a nearby hospital.

“More bodies are likely to be recovered once (the) scene is fully processed,” she said.

The cause of the fire remains unknown, she said, but an investigation had been launched.