{"id":181037,"date":"2024-09-06T18:00:26","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T17:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/kenya-school-fire-kills-at-least-17-pupils-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2024-09-06T18:00:26","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T17:00:26","slug":"kenya-school-fire-kills-at-least-17-pupils-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/kenya-school-fire-kills-at-least-17-pupils-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya school fire kills at least 17 pupils | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/jzeqbwky4gI\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Kenya school fire kills at least 17 pupils | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jzeqbwky4gI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>At least seventeen pupils have died after a dormitory at a boarding school in central Kenya caught fire on Thursday night, the Ministry of Education has said.<\/p>\n<p>There were fears the death toll could rise on Friday morning, with 14 other children taken to hospital with injuries.<\/p>\n<p>More than 150 pupils were in the dormitory when it caught fire at around midnight local time. The school caters for children aged between five and 12.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the fire at Hillside Endarasha Academy, in Nyeri county, is not yet known.<\/p>\n<p>#Kenya #Africa <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1rbfUog <\/p>\n<p>For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com\/news<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least seventeen pupils have died after a dormitory at a boarding school in central Kenya caught fire on Thursday night, the Ministry of Education has said. There were fears the death toll could rise on Friday morning, with 14 other children taken to hospital with injuries. 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