Nakuru: Form 4 Boy Dies As Fire Erupts In Sacred Boys Rongai High At Night

• Two people, a student and an intern, lost their lives following a fire incident at Sacred Heart Boys Rongai in Nakuru
• The fire broke out on Friday night, September 20, in one of the educational institution's dormitories
• Nakuru County Police Commander Samuel Ndanyi shared the heartbreaking report on the death of the two

Nakuru - A student is among the casualties following a fire at a high school weeks after the Endarasha Hillside Academy fire.

The destructive inferno occurred at Sacred Heart Boys Rongai Nakuru, killing at least two people.

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The student who died following the fire was in Form 4 and looked forward to sitting for his 2024 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exam.

An intern was also killed by the blazing fire, which erupted in the school on Friday night, September 20.

The report on the death of the two was shared by Nakuru County Police Commander Samuel Ndanyi.

The report ripped into one of the school's dormitories, resulting in the unfortunate deaths of the two people.

Timeline of events of Endarasha fire

Separately, TUKO.co.ke covered the timeline of events of the Endarasha fire as parents anxiously waited for the post-mortem results.

It all started on the night of September 6 when a fire broke out in the dormitory of the boarding school, located in Nyeri County.

How many many Endarasha Hillside pupils were trapped?

The blaze, which started around midnight, quickly engulfed the building, trapping many of the 156 pupils inside.

More than 150 pupils were in the dormitory when it went ablaze, with the average age of the victims being nine years old, BBC reported.

In the immediate aftermath, 17 pupils were confirmed dead, with the Ministry of Education expressing fear that the death toll could rise.

At least 40 students missing after Endarasha fire

Some children were believed to have escaped and hid in the local community, while others were picked up by their parents without the school's knowledge.

Ultimately, the whereabouts of over 40 students were unknown, but the school had no answers.

As of Wednesday, September 11, the official number of children who were burnt to death stood at 21, AP reports.

Proofreading by Otukho Jackson, a multimedia journalist and copy editor at TUKO.co.ke

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The gate of Sacred Heart Boys Rongai Nakuru (l). A woman looking stressed while looking at her phone (r).

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Form 4 Boy Among 2 Dead in Fire at Sacred Heart Boys Rongai High School