Probe starts on Kenyan school fire that killed 17

By Agence France-Presse

Sep 08, 2024 12:06 am

ENDARASHA, Kenya — Police in Kenya on Saturday stepped up their investigations into a school dormitory blaze that killed 17 boys, as families faced an agonizing wait for news of their missing loved ones.

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua said on Friday that 70 youngsters were still unaccounted for after the fire broke out at Hillside Endarasha Academy in central Nyeri County at about midnight on Thursday.

GRIEF NOT BRIEF A relative of a student who perished in a fire is overcome with emotion after visiting the Hillside Endarasha Academy in Kieni, Nyeri County, central Kenya, on Sept. 6, 2024. EPA PHOTO

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