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Gavin Blackburn

Fire rips through dormitory at girl's school in Kenya, killing at least 16 students

At least 16 children have been killed and 79 other hospitalised after a fire ripped through a girls' dormitory in Kenya on Thursday, the latest deadly blaze to hit a school in the east African country.

The fire broke out shortly before 1:00 am local time at Utumishi Girls Academy in Nakuru County, around 120 kilometres north of the capital Nairobi, officials said.

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