Ofafa Jericho High School in Nairobi has been closed for a period of three days following a fire incident at the school that left around 50 students hospitalised.
According to a statement from the institution, Form Four students will return to school on Friday 24, 2021, where as the rest of the school will return on Monday, September 27.
Reports indicate that five investigators and police officers are currently in the school probing what may have caused the fire which is said to have started at around 8 pm.
The fire razed down a dormitory.
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File image of the Ofafa Jericho High School entrance. |Photo| Courtesy|
Doctors at the Metropolitan Hospital in Buruburu revealed that at least 40 students had been admitted due to carbon poisoning. 15 students were treated and released.
Following the fire incident, while some students were rushed to Metropolitan Hospital, others were taken to MP Shah and Nairobi women's hospital.
Addressing the press, Dr. Kanyenje Gakombe, the CEO of Metropolitan, told the press that the boys had mild to moderate injuries mainly to the lungs because they had inhaled smoke while they tried to put out the fire.
Dr. Gakombe added that no student had suffered external injuries.
"We received 35 boys at Metropolitan hospital but we've been told they are more. All the boys are safe and are receiving medical attention They are in stable condition. Some students have been moved to MP Shah, Nairobi Women’s hospital, and Avenue hospital," Dr. Gakombe said.
The school principal Mr. Julius Linge told the police that while mobilizing students to attend evening preps, a section defied and remained within the dormitory.
This prompted the teacher on duty to force them out, one student sneaked back and torched one cubicle which houses twenty students.
