by Nurat Uthman
At least three students have been injured after a fire broke out at a girls boarding school in central Kenya’s Isiolo town on Saturday, the Red Cross says.
It comes after the deaths of at least 21 children in a fire at a boarding school in Nyeri, also in central Kenya, at around 23:00 local time (20:00 GMT) on Thursday.
A Kenyan police spokesperson said the blaze destroyed dormitories at Isiolo Girls High School, before being contained.
The cause of the blaze is unknown, but there have been numerous fires in boarding schools in Kenya in recent years, prompting national concern about safety standards.
The Kenya Red Cross said three children had suffered minor injuries, and had received psychological first aid.
Police, fire and rescue squads could be seen using flashlights to search for any students and salvageable property in the destroyed dormitories, Reuters news agency reports.
