A fireplace broke out at a college in central Kenya on Thursday night time, killing at the least 17 college students, police stated.
There are fears the dying toll might rise as greater than a dozen folks had been taken to hospital with extreme burns.
Police spokesperson Resila Onyango instructed native media that the reason for the hearth at Hillside Endarasha Main Faculty in Nyeri County was underneath investigation.
President William Ruto referred to as the hearth “horrific” and devastating and ordered an investigation.
“These accountable can be held accountable,” Mr Ruto stated in a publish on the X platform.
Police stated a workforce of investigators was dispatched to the varsity.
“The our bodies discovered on the scene had been burned past recognition,” Ms Onyango instructed AFP.
“As soon as the scene is absolutely processed, extra our bodies could also be found,” she added.
The Kenya Pink Cross stated Provide psychosocial support Providers had been supplied for college kids, academics and affected households, and a tracing workplace was arrange on the college.
Faculty fires are comparatively widespread in Kenyan boarding colleges.
In 2017, an arson assault occurred at Moi Ladies’ Excessive Faculty within the capital Nairobi, killing 10 college students.
Kenya’s worst college arson incident greater than 20 years in the past occurred in Machakos County, southeast of Nairobi, killing at the least 67 college students.
