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Students stranded in the cold after dorm burns

The dormitory at Njoro Girls’ High School yesterday. [Kennedy Gachuhi, Standard]

A 137-bed capacity dormitory at Njoro Girls’ High School has been razed down by a fierce inferno that broke out yesterday afternoon.

According to Njoro Sub-county Police boss Mohammed Huke, the fire started when students were in class and that no one was injured. “We received information from the school administration that a dormitory was in fire. The cause of the inferno is being investigated,” said Huke, who added that nothing was salvaged from the facility.

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