At least 17 students were killed after a school in central Kenya caught fire on Thursday night, police said.
There are fears the death toll could rise as more than a dozen others have been taken to hospital with serious burns.
Police spokesperson Resila Onyango told local media that the cause of the fire at Hillside Endarasha Primary School in Nyeri County is under investigation.
A team of investigators has been deployed to the school, Ms Onyango added.
The Kenya Red Cross said that provide psychosocial support services for affected students, teachers and families, and has set up a monitoring desk at the school.
School fires are quite common in boarding schools in Kenya.
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.
