May 28 (UPI) -- At least 16 students were killed and 74 were injured after fire tore through a girls' boarding school in Kenya in the early hours of Thursday.

GILGIL: A fire in a girls' dormitory in Kenya on Thursday (May 28) killed 16 children and hospitalised 79 in the latest deadly blaze to hit a school in the east African country.The fire broke out shortly before 1:00 am local time at Utumishi Girls Academy in Nakuru County, around 120 kilometres (75 miles) nor

GILGIL: A fire in a girls' dormitory in Kenya on Thursday (May 28) killed 16 children and hospitalised 79 in the latest deadly blaze to hit a school in the east African country.The fire broke out shortly before 1:00 am local time at Utumishi Girls Academy in Nakuru County, around 120 kilometres (75 miles) nor

The police said 73 others are hospitalised. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.