Students lose belongings in dormitory fire in Nakuru
People next to where the wooden dormitory at SDA Labuiywo Academy in Tinderet, Nandi county, used to stand. Fire razed a dormitory at the Kiboron Girls High School in Nakuru on April 26, 2016. PHOTO | JARED NYATAYA |
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Stunned students who had resumed for tuition were unable to salvage any of their personal effects.
Members of the public who arrived at the scene were unable to contain the inferno using water buckets.
The local assistant county commissioner warned schools in the region against holding holiday tuition since the practice has been banned.
Property of unknown value was on Tuesday evening destroyed when fire gutted a dormitory at Kirobon Girls High School in Ngata, Nakuru County.
During the 6pm incident, 100 form four students lost books, boxes and their beddings.
According to a teacher at the school, Mr Joseph Kamau, no casualties were reported during the fire incident.
“The dormitory accommodates 265 students and the whole of it was destroyed,” said Mr Kamau.
Stunned students who had resumed for tuition were unable to salvage any of their personal effects.
“We were in class when we saw smoke coming from the dormitory then we saw some of our colleagues running from the dormitory while shouting for help. We joined them and shouted for help from neighbours,” said a student.
Members of the public who arrived at the scene were unable to contain the inferno using water buckets.
However, the assistant county commissioner, Mr Anthony Mwangi, accused the running an illegal tuition scheme and called on schools in the region to comply with the government’s directive banning holiday learning.
“We all know that tuition is banned and I am appealing to all school heads to go by the government’s policy to close the schools during holidays as required,” said the commissioner.
Mr Mwangi also said there is need for schools to introduce disaster management training.
He said investigations to ascertain the cause of the fire have been launched.
