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Dormitory fire at Kenyan school kills at least 15 students <p>Parents face anxious wait for updates after blaze tears through Utumishi girls academy in Gilgil, Nakuru county</p><p>A fire that ripped through a dormitory at a girls’ school in Kenya overnight has killed at least 15 students, according to police, while dozens more were injured.</p><p>Gilgil police station said at least 15 girls died at Utumishi girls academy in Gilgil, Nakuru county, about 76 miles north-east of Nairobi, according to a police report seen by Reuters.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/28/dormitory-fire-at-kenya-school-students-utumishi-girls-academy-gilgil">Continue reading...</a>

At least 16 students dead as fire tears through Kenyan girls school The blaze reportedly started when a student set a mattress on fire inside the school's dormitory, with a further 79 students taken to hospital with injuries.

This heartbreaking incident has reignited national outrage over safety standards in Kenyan boarding schools, coming less than two years after 21 boys died in a similar fire at Hillside Endarasha Academy in 2024.

Kenyan girls' school fire kills 16 students, injures 79 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.

Kenya: Deadly fire breaks out at girls' boarding school At least 16 students were killed and 73 injured at a girls' boarding school in central Kenya, authorities said.

Fire kills 16 students at Kenyan girls’ boarding school At least 16 students were killed and dozens injured after a fire tore through the dormitory of a girls’ school in Kenya.

🚨 WARNELY SAFETY ALERT North Kanyamkago ward, Kenya · Fire Deadly fire at girls' boarding school in Kenya At least 16 students killed and 73 injured in a fire at… https://warnely.com/news/deadly-fire-at-girls-boarding-school-in-kenya-38ca86d3-cb85-4615-9b44-c612593ff0d4 #WarnelyAlert #Kenya

Kenya: Utumishi Girls Fire - Grieving Families Search for Children As Death Toll Rises to 15 [Capital FM] Nairobi -- Grief-stricken families gathered at Utumishi Girls Academy in Gilgil on Thursday, seeking answers after a midnight fire tore through a school dormitory, leaving at least 15 students dead and several others injured.

Kenya: Only Seven Victims Identified After Deadly Utumishi Girls Academy Fire [Capital FM] Nakuru -- Officials investigating the deadly dormitory fire at Utumishi Girls Academy have confirmed that only seven of the 16 victims have so far been positively identified.

Eight students arrested in Kenya after suspected deadly school arson attack Sixteen pupils died in the fire that ripped through a dormitory while they were asleep.

🚒 A devastating dormitory fire at a Kenyan girls' school has claimed the lives of at least 16 students, leaving many more injured and searching for loved ones. The exact cause of the blaze is still under investigation, but officials have confirmed that emergency services were quickly deployed to the

🚨 WARNELY SAFETY ALERT Menengai West ward, Kenya · Fire Fire in Nakuru, Kenya kills at least 10 students A dormitory fire in Nakuru, Kenya, has killed at least… https://warnely.com/news/fire-in-nakuru-kenya-kills-at-least-10-students-8f52c6e0-5442-4ceb-90a9-a85baa11239b #WarnelyAlert #Kenya

Kenya arrests 8 students suspected of arson in deadly school fire Kenyan authorities have arrested eight students on suspicion of arson over a fire at a girls’ boarding school that killed 16 students, ‌police said on Friday. The fire at the Utumishi Girls’ Academy Senior School in Gilgil in west-central Kenya broke out in the early hours of Thursday and also injured 79 students. Fires are common at Kenyan schools, with many set by students protesting harsh discipline and poor conditions, researchers ⁠have found. “Preliminary investigations have identified...

Kenya: Utumishi Girls Fire - Grieving Families Search for Children As Death Toll Rises to 15 [Capital FM] Nairobi -- Grief-stricken families gathered at Utumishi Girls Academy in Gilgil on Thursday, seeking answers after a midnight fire tore through a school dormitory, leaving at least 15 students dead and several others injured.

Kenya: Fire kills several at a girls' boarding school At least 16 students were killed and 73 injured at a girls' boarding school in central Kenya, authorities said.

Kenyan schoolgirls charged with murder in fatal school fire NAIROBI - A ⁠Kenyan ⁠court charged eight schoolgirls ​on Wednesday with murder for the deaths of ​16 of their fellow students &zwnj;in a dormitory fire at a school in Kenya&rsquo;s Rift Valley in late May, the public prosecutor&rsquo;s office said.

Kenya: At Least 10 Students Killed in Utumishi Girls Academy Dormitory Fire [Capital FM] Nakuru -- At least 10 students have been confirmed dead following a devastating overnight fire that razed a dormitory at Utumishi Girls Academy in Nakuru.

Kenya: Fire kills at least 10 at a girls' boarding school Authorities are trying to account for all the students at Utumishi Girls School in the Gilgil area.

Kenya: Fire kills at least 15 at a girls' boarding school Authorities are trying to account for all the students at Utumishi Girls School in the Gilgil area.

Eight girls arrested on suspicion of arson after Kenya school fire The fire broke out at the Utumishi Girls Academy Senior School in Gilgil, killing 16 people and wounding 79 others.

At least 16 students killed in fire at Kenya girls school dorm Education minister says 16 killed, 79 injured at Utumishi Girls School in Gilgil, central Kenya.

Fire rips through dormitory at girl’s school in Kenya, killing at least 16 students The government-owned secondary school is managed and sponsored by the Kenya Police Service

🚨 WARNELY SAFETY ALERT Nairobi, Kenya · Crime Deadly school arson attack in Kenya Eight students arrested after a fire in a dormitory killed sixteen pupils who were asleep. https://warnely.com/news/deadly-school-arson-attack-in-kenya-b2d233aa-df4f-4bd5-b031-8dbe5bd4bdab #WarnelyAlert #Kenya

Fire at Kenyan girls’ school kills 16 At least 16 students died in an overnight fire that started in the dormitories of a girls’ boarding school in Kenya, a government official said, in the latest such incident to rock the East African nation. Education Minister Julius Ogamba said on Thursday that 79 others were injured at the Utumishi Girls School, which has more than 800 students in the Gilgil area of central Kenya. The cause has not yet been established. Ogamba said authorities would investigate whether the school’s fire safety...

Kenya: Utumishi Girls Reopens After Dormitory Blaze Killed 16 [Capital FM] Nairobi -- Students at Utumishi Girls Academy have resumed learning following the tragic dormitory fire that claimed the lives of 16 students, with school management and government agencies putting in place temporary boarding arrangements as plans for new dormitories begin.

Kenya: Utumishi Girls Academy Death Toll Rises to 15 As Over 100 Students Hospitalised [Capital FM] Nakuru -- The death toll from the tragic fire at Utumishi Girls Academy has risen to 15, with more than 100 students hospitalised with injuries as rescue and emergency response efforts continue.

Deadly blaze at Kenyan girls’ school kills 16, 79 hospitalized A fire at a girls’ dormitory in Kenya on Thursday killed 16 children and left 79 others hospitalized in one of the country’s latest deadly school blazes. The fire broke out shortl...

Eight students arrested over deadly girls' school fire in Kenya The fire, at the Utumishi Girls' Academy Senior School in Gilgil in west-central Kenya, broke out in the early hours of Thursday morning and also injured 79 students.

Kenya: Students Arrested After Deadly Utumishi School Arson [Capital FM] Nairobi -- Directorate of Criminal Investigations has arrested eight students linked to the planning and execution of a suspected arson attack at Utumishi Girls Senior Secondary School that left 16 students dead.