At least 17 student were killed after a fire ripped through their primary school dormitory in central Kenya, police said Friday. The blaze in Nyeri County's Hillside Endarasha Academy broke out at around midnight, engulfing rooms where the children were sleeping, police said. The primary school caters to some 800 pupils, aged between roughly five and 12. Several others were injured, 16 of them seriously, and had been rushed to a nearby hospital, police added. Police expected that more bodies might be recovered once the scene is fully processed, noting that the cause of the fire remains unknown, and an investigation had been launched. (QNA) Source: Qatar News Agency
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