Kenyan girls' school fire kills 16 students, injures 79

France 24 Friday 29 May 2026, 11:39 UTC By FRANCE24 1 min read

A fire tore through a dormitory at a girls' secondary school in a town in Kenya's Rift Valley overnight, killing 16 students, the government said on Thursday. The ‌fire broke out just after midnight at the Utumishi Girls' Academy Senior ⁠School in Gilgil in west-central Kenya and burned for more than two hours, Education Minister Julius Migos told reporters.

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