A terrible fire at Hillside Endarasha Kenyan Primary School in Nyeri County, Kenya, took the lives of 17 students and left 13 others badly hurt, causing widespread sadness and a quick look into what happened.
On Thursday night, a terrible fire broke out at the Hillside Endarasha Primary School dormitory in Nyeri County, Kenya.
This awful event resulted in the sudden deaths of 17 students and left 13 others with serious burns.
The whole community is feeling really sad and worried because of this. The local government quickly stepped in to help.
The fire started in the middle of the night while the students were sleeping and quickly spread through the dormitory, trapping a lot of people inside.
It’s believed that the fire was very intense and that having flammable stuff around made it worse.
Even though the school staff and firefighters tried their best to put out the fire and save the kids stuck inside, the fire took many lives and hurt a lot of survivors badly.
The Kenyan government, including the education and emergency services, has been working hard to deal with the situation and help the families affected.
🚨#BREAKING: At least 17 students were killed with 13 others seriously injured in a school dormitory fire at Hillside Endarasha Academy in Nyeri, Kenya.
— R A W S G L 🌎 B A L (@RawsGlobal) September 6, 2024
(Note: While the video says 16 dead. One of the victims would later succumb to their injuries.)
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Investigators are looking into what caused the fire, checking out different things that could have caused it, like electrical problems or someone setting it on fire on purpose.
They haven’t figured it out yet. The Hillside Endarasha Primary School community and everyone in Nyeri County are really sad about what happened.
They’ve set up support services to help the students, teachers, and families deal with what happened next.
People from all over Kenya have been sending their condolences, and now everyone is trying to help the families who lost loved ones and make sure something like this never happens again.