Families of missing children are still waiting for news after at least 18 pupils were killed in the blaze.
Police in Kenya have been ordered to investigate the circumstances that led to a deadly fire at a boarding school, which killed at least 18 pupils with an average age of nine.
The cause of the fire in the boys' dormitory at Hillside Endarasha Academy is still unknown, and 50 pupils are unaccounted for.Director of Public Prosecutions Renson Ingonga said the tragedy "evokes bad memories of other similar school fire incidents" that many times pointed to negligence and failure to comply with safety standards.The fire broke out in the dormitory housing 156 boys in the remote area in Nyeri county around 23:00 local time on Thursday.
Around 50 children are unaccounted for - some thought to have escaped into the local community or been picked up by their parents without the school's knowledge. On Saturday, criminal investigators and government pathologists had sealed off the site for analysis. Identification of the bodies would not take place until Monday at a hospital, another official told journalists.That means parents, desperate for news, could have to wait two more days before knowing the fate of their children.School fires are relatively common in Kenyan boarding schools, where concerns have been raised about safety standards.
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