At Least 16 Students Killed, 73 Injured in Kenya Girls' School Fire

Utumishi Girls' Academy Gilgil Kenya School Fire

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A fire at Utumishi Girls' Academy in Gilgil, Kenya, killed at least 16 students and injured 73, with the cause unknown; authorities are investigating.

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At least 16 students were killed and 73 injured at a girls' boarding school in central Kenya early Thursday, police officials said. The Kenyan Red Cross said the blaze broke out around 1:00 in the morning at the Utumishi Girls' Academy Senior School in Gilgil, but was only reported more than two hours later. ... [Full article text preserved with paragraph breaks and quotation marks]

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