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A form one student at St. Patrick Kitui Secondary School has died after a fire caught their house in the Sigona area, Kiambu County.
He was on sick leave when the ccidentoccured.
The deceased identified as Daniel Onsarigo was alone in the house and on sick leave when the fire broke out on July 28, police and neighbours said.
The fire reduced to ashes four-iron sheet-made structures including the one Onsarigo was sleeping then, police said.
had been unwell and was home on sick leave, police and his family said.
Fire engines from Kikuyu rushed to the scene and after containing the fire, the body of the deceased was discovered.
The cause of the fire could not be immediately established, Kiambu police boss Michael Muchiri said.
The body was moved to Chiromo mortuary pending autopsy.
Meanwhile, detectives are investigating a bizarre incident in which a man died after he slid and landed on a broken bottle, which injured him in the neck in a village in Kiambu County.
The incident was reported to police on July 28 in Karabaini village.
Two people who were questioned said they were enjoying drinks in a house when an argument broke out between the deceased and another man.
The deceased identified as Didier Njoroge is said to have picked up a bottle of a drink, which they were taking and crushed it outside the door.
As he turned, according to the witnesses, he slid and fell on the broken bottle where he sustained a deep cut on the left side of his neck.
He was rushed to Kiambu Level Five Hospital where he died while undergoing treatment. He had bled profusely.
Police were called to the scene and picked up a broken bottle and kept it as an exhibit.
The body is lying at the same hospital mortuary awaiting postmortem examination.
Police said the case is still under probe and they will take necessary action if and when needed.
BY CYRUS OMBATI
