 |
Some students were hospitalized and are undergoing treatment
NAIROBI, Sept 22 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — About 40 students were hospitalized after inhaling smoke following a fire that gutted a dormitory at the Ofafa Jericho high school in Kenya’s Nairobi county.
“Most of the students were taken to hospital, they were attended to and they were actually returned back to school. The few who are in hospital are in stable condition,” said Mathews Linge, the school’s principal.
He said the students inhaled smoke as they helped to put out the Monday night fire.
The blaze destroyed personal effects belonging to the students.
Medical authorities said most of the hospitalized students were suffering from breathing complications but that they suffered no burns.
The cause of the fire was not immediately known and members of the Nairobi County department said investigations would commence at daybreak.
School fires are common in Kenya. Authorities have blamed arsonists and poor safety protocols. — NNN-AFRICANEWS
