Fire rips through dormitory at girl's school in Kenya, killing at least 16 students
Published on: May 28, 2026, 5:45 p.m. | Source: Daily Excelsior
GILGIL (Kenya), May 28: A fire ripped through a dormitory in a girls’ boarding school in central Kenya on Thursday, killing at least 16 students, a government official said, in the latest such incident to afflict the East African nation. Education Minister Julius Ogamba said Thursday that 79 others were injured at the Utumishi Girls School, which has more than 800 students in the Gilgil area of central Kenya. The cause has not yet been established. Ogamba said authorities would […]
