At the very least 17 pupils have died after a college in central Kenya caught hearth on Thursday night time, police stated.
There are fears the dying toll may rise as greater than a dozen others have been taken to hospital with extreme burns.
The reason for the hearth at Hillside Endarasha Major in Nyeri county isn’t but identified.
President William Ruto known as the hearth “horrific” and “devastating”, and has ordered an investigation.
“These accountable will probably be held to account,” Mr Ruto wrote on social media.
A staff of investigators has been deployed to the college, police stated.
Police spokesperson Resila Onyango advised AFP information company that our bodies recovered had been “burnt past recognition”.
“Extra our bodies are prone to be recovered as soon as (the) scene is absolutely processed,” she added.
The Kenya Pink Cross stated it’s offering psychosocial assist providers to the pupils, academics and affected households, and has arrange a tracing desk on the faculty.
College fires are comparatively frequent in Kenyan boarding colleges.
In 2017, 10 college students died in an arson assault at Moi Ladies Excessive College within the capital Nairobi.
At the very least 67 college students died in Machakos County, south-east of Nairobi, within the deadliest Kenyan faculty arson that occurred greater than 20 years in the past.
