Death toll in Kenya school fire rises to 21 children

Kenya Red Cross personnel and relatives try to comfort a woman reacting near a burned-out dormitory, following a fire at the Hillside Endarasha Primary in Nyeri, Kenya, Sep. 6, 2024. Yellow tapes blocks off a dormitory that was burned during a fire at the Hillside Endarasha Primary in Nyeri, Kenya, Sept. 6, 2024. Police are still investigating the cause of the fatal fire.

The number of children who died in a fire in a school dormitory in central Kenya has risen to 21, the government spokesperson said Saturday.