Fire guts 5 classrooms at Tenwek High School in Bomet

One of the five classrooms that were destroyed by fire at Tenwek High School in Bomet on September 22, 2017. PHOTO | GEOFFREY RONO | NATION MEDIA GROUP

At least five classrooms at Tenwek High School in Bomet have been gutted by night fire.

Police on Friday said there were no casualties in the Thursday night fire as all students were asleep in their dorms.

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Bomet police boss Samson Rukunga said the fire, whose cause still remains unknown, started in one of the classrooms before spreading to others.

The county’s two county government fire engines had technical problems and it took more two hours for the students and villagers to put out the flames.

The fire that destroyed classes at Tenwek High School in Bomet on September 22, 2017. PHOTO | GEOFFREY RONO | NATION MEDIA GROUP

“We have launched investigations to establish the cause of the fire,” said Mr Rukunga.

Several local leaders including Kenya National Union of Teachers Secretary-General Wilson Sossion, Bomet Deputy Governor Hillary Barchok, Bomet Woman Rep Joyce Korir, Nakuru Deputy Governor Eric Korir and the county director of education Beatrice Asiako visited the institution after the incident.

Some of the five classrooms that were destroyed by fire at Tenwek High School in Bomet on September 22, 2017. PHOTO | GEOFFREY RONO | NATION MEDIA GROUP

They called on the government to conduct thorough investigation into the incident.