At least five classrooms at Tenwek High School in Bomet have been gutted by night fire.
Police on Friday said there were no casualties in the Thursday night fire as all students were asleep in their dorms.
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police boss Samson Rukunga said the fire, whose cause still remains
unknown, started in one of the classrooms before spreading to others.
police boss Samson Rukunga said the fire, whose cause still remains
unknown, started in one of the classrooms before spreading to others.
The
county’s two county government fire engines had technical problems and
it took more two hours for the students and villagers to put out the
flames.
county’s two county government fire engines had technical problems and
it took more two hours for the students and villagers to put out the
flames.
“We have launched investigations to establish the cause of the fire,” said Mr Rukunga.
Several
local leaders including Kenya National Union of Teachers
Secretary-General Wilson Sossion, Bomet Deputy Governor Hillary Barchok,
Bomet Woman Rep Joyce Korir, Nakuru Deputy Governor Eric Korir and the
county director of education Beatrice Asiako visited the institution
after the incident.
local leaders including Kenya National Union of Teachers
Secretary-General Wilson Sossion, Bomet Deputy Governor Hillary Barchok,
Bomet Woman Rep Joyce Korir, Nakuru Deputy Governor Eric Korir and the
county director of education Beatrice Asiako visited the institution
after the incident.
of the five classrooms that were destroyed by fire at Tenwek High
School in Bomet on September 22, 2017. PHOTO | GEOFFREY RONO | NATION
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They called on the government to conduct thorough investigation into the incident.
