Anguished parents wait for news after Kenya school fire kills 17
The Peninsula
Endarasha, Kenya: Families of children at a Kenyan primary school where a dormitory blaze killed 17 boys were facing an anguished wait Saturday for ne...
Endarasha, Kenya: Families of children at a Kenyan primary school where a dormitory blaze killed 17 boys were facing an anguished wait Saturday for news of their missing loved ones.
Kenya's Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua told reporters at the scene of the tragedy on Friday that 70 youngsters were still unaccounted for.
The fire at Hillside Endarasha Academy in the central Nyeri county broke out around midnight Thursday, engulfing a dormitory where more than 150 boys were sleeping.
President William Ruto declared three days of national mourning starting from Monday after what he described as an "unfathomable tragedy".
He said 17 children aged between nine and 13 had lost their lives, while 14 had sustained injuries and were being treated in hospital.
