Fire tears through Kenya boarding school dormitory, killing 17 boys

Kenya's Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua walks at the Hillside Endarasha Academy, following a fatal fire which killed and injured several pupils, in Kieni, Nyeri County, Kenya, September 6, 2024. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi

NAIROBI (Reuters) -A fire killed 17 boys when it tore through the dormitory in which they were sleeping at a boarding school in central Kenya in the early hours of Friday, police said.

"We saw several children in there that had been burnt," Phillip Gathogo, a local resident, told reporters.