At least 17 students were killed after a school in central Kenya caught fire on Thursday evening, police said.
There are fears the death toll could rise further as more than a dozen people have been taken to hospital with severe burns.
The cause of the fire at Hillside Endarasha Primary in Nyeri region is being investigated, police spokesperson Resila Onyango told local media.
Ms Onyango added that a team of investigators has been sent to the school.
The Kenyan Red Cross said it provide psychosocial support services to students, teachers and affected families and has set up a tracing point at the school.
School fires in Kenya are relatively common.
In 2017, 10 students were killed in an arson attack at Moi Girls High School in the capital Nairobi.
At least 67 students were killed in Machakos County, southeast of Nairobi, in Kenya’s deadliest school arson attack in more than 20 years.
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