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Death traps in schools as insurers raise alarm
Red Cross volunteers and Homicide detectives remove the bodies of the 16 students from Utumishi Girls Senior who perished in a dormitory inferno on May 28, 2026.
The death of at least 16 students after a fire ripped through a dormitory at the Utumishi Girls Senior School has renewed concern about fire safety in Kenyan schools, with insurers raising alarm over the prevalent risks.
The fire broke out just after midnight at the girls’ boarding school in Gilgil, Nakuru and burned for more than two hours, said Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Migos.
