NAIROBI (Reuters) – A fire at a school in central Kenya has killed 17 students, a police spokeswoman said on Friday, following media reports that they had been burned beyond recognition.
More rescuers were on their way to the Hillside Endarasha Academy in Nyeri, spokeswoman Resila Onyango said in a broadcast on Kenya’s Hot 96 FM radio, and authorities would provide details later.
“We have lost 17 pupils in the fire and 14 others have been injured,” Onyango told Reuters by telephone. “Our team is on the scene at the moment.”
The fire had burned the students beyond recognition, Citizen Television previously reported.
Nine students died in September 2017 in a fire at a school in the capital, Nairobi.