At least three students were injured after a fire broke out at a girls’ boarding school in the central Kenyan town of Isiolo on Saturday, the Red Cross said.
It comes later. At least 21 children die in fire at boarding school in Nyerialso in central Kenya, at around 23:00 local time (20:00 GMT) on Thursday.
A Kenyan police spokesman said the fire gutted the dormitory at Isiolo Girls High School before being brought under control.
The cause of the fire is not yet known, but there have been a number of fires at boarding schools in Kenya in recent years, raising nationwide concerns about safety standards.
The Kenya Red Cross said three children suffered minor injuries and were receiving psychological first aid.
Police, firefighters and rescue workers used flashlights to search for students and salvageable property in destroyed dormitories, Reuters news agency reported.
Meanwhile, DNA testing will begin on Monday to identify the bodies of children killed in the fire at Hillside Endarasha Academy on Thursday night.
Officials say 17 children remain missing – with some parents and relatives camping out at the school demanding answers.
President William Ruto has declared three days of national mourning, starting on Monday, for the victims of the fire.
The cause of the fire is still unclear.
The chief prosecutor said in a statement that investigators should “assess whether this tragedy was the result of negligence and/or recklessness”.
Director of Public Prosecutions Renson Ingonga said the tragedy “brought back bad memories of other similar school fires” which repeatedly highlighted a failure to comply with safety standards.
In 2022, a dormitory in western Kenya was set on fire, after which several students were arrested on suspicion of arson.
In 2017, 10 students were killed in a fire at Moi Girls High School in the capital Nairobi.
At least 67 students were killed in Machakos County, southeast of Nairobi, in Kenya’s deadliest school fire in more than 20 years.
