Residents put out fire in St Mary's Girls School
Narok residents look on as a dormitory in St Mary's Secondary School is burnt, on July 31, 2016. PHOTO | GEORGE SAYAGIE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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- Narok Deputy police boss Charles Ouma said police would commence investigations into the incident.
A dormitory in St Mary’s Girls Secondary School in Narok County went up in flames Sunday.
Students in the Catholic-sponsored institution were in class for their afternoon preps when the incident occurred. No injuries were reported in the disaster that started at 3pm.
Narok Deputy Police Boss Charles Ouma said police will commence investigations.
Principal Margaret Liaram said the facility had a capacity of 60.
Residents used water from boozers belonging to a Chinese road construction company, since there were no firefighters.
The fire occurred two days after a dormitory at Sister Mary Stephen Nkoitoi Secondary School was razed.
Fire consumes a dormitory in St Mary’s Girls Secondary School in Narok County on July 31, 2016. PHOTO | GEORGE SAYAGIE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Narok county police commander Jilo Galgalo said the situation in schools across the country was getting out of hand.
“We are becoming worried that students might not be involved in this, we suspect outside forces,” he said.
Editing by Philip Momanyi
