The Ministry of Education has issued an update on the tragic dormitory fire incident reported at Hillside Private Mixed Primary School in Endarasha, Nyeri County that left at least 17 learners dead.

Kenya Red Cross personnel and relatives try to comfort a woman reacting near a burned-out dormitory, following a fire at the Hillside Endarasha Primary in Nyeri, Kenya Friday, Sep. 6, 2024.

The fire in Nyeri county was at a primary school, although observers believe it’s unlikely that adherence to safety standards is any better in primary schools. Share. close panel.

Journalists were moved to wait outside the Hillside Endarasha Primary School compound as a team that included the government pathologist and morticians from the Nyeri provincial hospital set up ...

An ambulance drives inside the Hillside Endarasha Primary School in Nyeri, Kenya, on September 6, 2024, after a fire broke out there the night before [AP] ...

A fire in a school dormitory in Kenya has killed 17 seriously burned 13 others, ... following a fire at the Hillside Endarasha Primary in Nyeri, Kenya, on Sept. 6, 2024. (AP Photo) ...

According to the youthful teacher, they taught the pupils from Sacred Heart Primary School in Nyeri county how to handle themselves when a fire breaks out in the dining hall, dormitories, and classes.

Distressed parents stand near a burned-out dormitory following a fire at the Hillside Endarasha Academy in Nyeri, Kenya on Friday. ... The primary school has pupils up to 14 years of age.

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At least 17 pupils have been confirmed dead and 14 others seriously injured following a tragic dormitory fire tragedy at a primary boarding school in central Kenya. The blaze occurred at the ...

The Hillside Endarasha Primary school has about 800 pupils, ... An ambulance drives up to the Hillside Endarasha Primary school following a fire in a dorm, in Nyeri, Kenya, Sep. 6, 2024.