NAIROBI (Reuters) -A hearth in a college in central Kenya has killed 17 college students, a police spokeswoman stated on Friday, following media stories that that they had been burnt past recognition.
Extra rescuers had been on their method to the Hillside Endarasha Academy in Nyeri, the spokeswoman, Resila Onyango, stated in a broadcast on Kenya’s Scorching 96 FM radio, and authorities would supply particulars later.
“We have lost 17 pupils in the fire incident while 14 are injured …,” Onyango advised Reuters by phone. “Our team is at the scene at the scene at the moment.”
The hearth had burnt the scholars past recognition, Citizen Tv stated earlier.
9 college students had been killed in Sept 2017 in a hearth at a college within the capital, Nairobi.
