Africa-Press – Kenya. A pupil has lost his life and five others admitted to two facilities following a fire incident at Adu Blossom boarding primary in Katito, Nyakach sub-county.
The pupil died while at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital.
The death was confirmed by the hospital CEO George Rae who said a total of 6 patients, five students and one teacher were brought to the facility.
He said one of the students was transferred from the hospital to Avenue Hospital upon request from parents while another student has been taken to ICU.
“Two students have been admitted to the ward while the teacher is still at casualty,” he said.
Nyakach OCPD Daniel Chacha told the media that the fire broke out in one of the dormitories within the school which had nine pupils and a teacher.
Chacha said the incident occurred at midnight when the pupils and the teachers were asleep.
He said the nine people who were in the dormitory where the fire started sustained serious burns.
“We got the report, responded and rushed to the school, where we broke the door because it was locked from the inside.”
He added that they managed to pull out one of the teachers from the dormitory and the other students who had sustained burns.
“We then rushed them to Nyakach sub-county hospital where they were attended to. But six others with serious burns were referred to JOORTH.”
The OCPD, however, stated that three pupils were treated and released back to the school in fair condition.
He noted that the school has a capacity of over 300 pupils but the fire only affected one dormitory stressing that others were all safe.
The OCPD stated that they have already launched an investigation into the matter to know what might have caused the fire.
“However preliminary reports point to suspected electric fault but we are engaging different experts in regards to the incident,” he noted.
School manager Benedict Oduk who spoke to the media announced that they have temporarily closed the school.
Oduk said this is also to allow investigation into the matter.
He added that the pupils lost their property in the fire.
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