Kenya Dormitory Fire Kills 16 Students and Injures 74 at Utumishi Girls School

6 articles · Updated · BBC.com · May 28

A pre-dawn fire at Utumishi Girls School in Gilgil killed 16 students and left 74 hospitalized after flames tore through a dormitory housing about 220 pupils.
Police said the blaze broke out around 01:00 local time while students were asleep, and some girls were injured after jumping from the upper floor to escape.
Search-and-rescue teams were still combing nearby areas because some students fled in panic during the night, while investigators had not yet established the cause.
The school was cordoned off with only parents allowed inside as emergency responders, including the Kenya Red Cross, assisted families and survivors.
Deadly boarding-school fires have recurred in Kenya, where overcrowded dormitories and poor compliance with safety rules have often been blamed for high death tolls.

With global fire safety standards widely known, why do fatal school fires repeatedly happen in Kenya?

Sixteen students died in a school fire. Were jammed doors and a lack of exits the real killers?