Sixteen students die and 74 odas injure for Kenya school fire - Police

Fire don kpai sixteen students for one boarding school for Gilgil, wey dey about 120km (77 miles) west of di Kenyan capital, Nairobi, one policeman tell tori pipo for di scene.

Seventy-four oda students dey receive treatment for hospital for injury from di fire, e add.

Di fire start for di Utumishi Girls Senior School for di early hours of Thursday morning wen di students bin still dey sleep, according to di Kenya Red Cross and police.

Police say search-and-rescue operations dey go on and authorities neva establish di cause of the fire.

Kenya Red Cross tok say emergency responders dey on ground to offer support.

"Na very sad and saddening situation," police commander Masoud Mwinyi tok, as e dey follow parents and crowds outside di school tok.

Fire outbreak dey common for Kenyan boarding schools, as several deadly incidents don dey reported in recent years.

Dem dey often put di blame di on overcrowding plus failure to follow safety guidelines for di high number of casualties.

According to di police, di fire start around 01:00 local time (22:00 GMT Wednesday) and burn one dormitory block wey get about 220 students.

Mwinyi tok say some students bin run go nearby areas during di chaos and dem still dey try find dem.

"As we speak, our officers dem comb di area becos some students run in shock and fear during di night," e tok.

E add say investigations dey go on. Dem don put no go area for di school, na only parents dey allowed inside di compound.

Meanwhile, di Deputy Inspector General of Kenya Police Service Eliud Lagat don also land di school and e dey coordinate di rescue and recovery efforts.

E Say dem dey work to account for all students and support affected families during dis difficult time.

Di Directorate of Criminal Investigation Oga patapata Mohammed Amin also dey on on ground to oversee preliminary investigations into di cause of di fire.

Wambui Nderitu, wey im niece na student for di school, say family members wey come di scene dey met wit confusion and fear.

"Wen we land for di school, dem tell us to queue. Most of us bin dey so worried becos we hear say some students don die and odas injure and dey for hospital."

She say some students injure as dem jump from di upper floor of di dormitory as dem dey try escape.

"Some of dos wey dey di top floor gatz jump out, dat na why dem injure."

Nderitu say her niece survive di fire but don break leg. "I see my niece… she dey fine… but she don get broken leg," she tok.