School Dormitory Fire

A blaze destroyed a dormitory at a Kenyan school on Sunday, police said, the third such incident in just days.

A total of 21 boys were confirmed dead on Saturday after a blaze tore through a school dormitory in central Kenya, a tragedy that has raised questions about safety standards at educational establishments nationwide.

At least 17 children died after a fire ripped through their primary school dormitory overnight in central Kenya, police said Friday.

Thirteen people have died in a school dormitory fire in central China's Henan province, the official Xinhua news agency reported Saturday. The blaze at the Yingcai School in Henan's Yanshanpu village was reported to the local fire department at 11 pm

A 15-year-old girl who is accused of having started a fire at a school dormitory in Guyana last week was charged with 19 murders on Monday.

At least 20 people were killed Sunday in a school dormitory fire in Guyana, the government said in a statement, with the nation's president calling it a "major disaster."

Eleven pupils at a school for the blind in Uganda have burnt to death after a fire tore through a dormitory as they were sleeping in the early hours of Tuesday.

At least 17 girls died in the night after a fire swept through a school dormitory in northern Thailand, a police commander said today, adding several others were either missing or injured.

Twenty-one foreign students were today in a critical condition in hospital after fire ripped through a student residence in Moscow, an official said.

A blaze destroyed a dormitory at a Kenyan school on Sunday, police said, the third such incident in just days.

A total of 21 boys were confirmed dead on Saturday after a blaze tore through a school dormitory in central Kenya, a tragedy that has raised questions about safety standards at educational establishments nationwide.

At least 17 children died after a fire ripped through their primary school dormitory overnight in central Kenya, police said Friday.

Thirteen people have died in a school dormitory fire in central China's Henan province, the official Xinhua news agency reported Saturday. The blaze at the Yingcai School in Henan's Yanshanpu village was reported to the local fire department at 11 pm

A 15-year-old girl who is accused of having started a fire at a school dormitory in Guyana last week was charged with 19 murders on Monday.

At least 20 people were killed Sunday in a school dormitory fire in Guyana, the government said in a statement, with the nation's president calling it a "major disaster."

Eleven pupils at a school for the blind in Uganda have burnt to death after a fire tore through a dormitory as they were sleeping in the early hours of Tuesday.

At least 17 girls died in the night after a fire swept through a school dormitory in northern Thailand, a police commander said today, adding several others were either missing or injured.

Twenty-one foreign students were today in a critical condition in hospital after fire ripped through a student residence in Moscow, an official said.