A fire at a girls' boarding school in Kenya has killed 16 students, a local official has said.
The blaze broke out early Thursday morning in the dormitory of the Utumishi Girls' Academy Senior School, located in Gilgil, in the county of Nakuru and about 74 miles (120km) from the capital, Nairobi.
Education Minister Julius Migos said that 79 other students had been injured, although 71 of them had already been discharged from hospital.
The cause of the fire, which police said has been contained, has not yet been established.
Footage aired by Citizen Television showed broken window panes and smoke-stained walls.
School fires are common in Kenyan boarding schools, where many students stay because parents believe it gives them more time to study without long commutes.
In 2024, at least 17 students were killed after a fire at Hillside Endarasha Primary in Nyeri county.
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