A fire broke out around 1 am at Utumishi Girls School in the Gilgil area of central Kenya. At least 15 students were killed in the blaze. Police officials said authorities were trying to account for all students in the dormitory. The cause of the fire was not immediately known. Firefighters and police officers were deployed to control the blaze and evacuate other students. A county police official told parents outside the school that the situation was distressing and saddening. Parents gathered as officials worked at the scene and additional details were expected.
"At least 15 students were killed at a girls' boarding school in central Kenya early Thursday, police officials told local media. The blaze broke out around 1 am at t Utumishi Girls School in the Gilgil area. Authorities are trying to account for all the students in the dormitory. The cause of the fire was not immediately known."
""It is a distressing and saddening situation," county police official Masoud Mwinyi said addressing distraught parents outside the school, according to media reports. Firefighters and police officers were deployed to control the blaze and evacuate other students, radio station Capital FM reported."
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