SUMMARY A fire broke out at Moi girls Nairobi on Saturday morning 4 SeptemberThe fire cost the lives of 8 students and several injured and admitted to hospitalCS Fred Matiang'i says the fire was not an accident but a case of arsonAt least 8 students were killed and several injured in a fire that broke out at Moi Girls Nairobi on Saturday morning, 2 September. "A fire broke out at the school at 2:00am in the morning in one of the dormitories. It is very, very sad," said Fred Matiangi, the education minister. "We have 10 students who have been admitted to hospital right now, two of them with serious injuries. We have taken a decision this morning to close the school for two weeks because we want to conduct thorough investigations on what happened," Matiangi added.

Source: Standard Digital September 04, 2017 09:00 UTC