17 children killed in Kenya elementary school fire with bodies burnt beyond recognition [Video]

At least 17 students have been killed and 14 injured following a fire in an elementary school dormitory in central Kenya, while a further 70 children remain unaccounted for, authorities said Friday.The inferno occurred late Thursday at the Hillside Endarasha Academy in Kieni, in the country’s Nyeri county, Resila Onyango, a spokesperson for the Kenya National Police Service said. She added their bodies had been “burnt beyond recognition.”“The cause of fire is unknown at this time but we will update the public when we know more,” Onyango told CNN.Government spokesperson Isaac Mwaura said in a statement Friday that the fire broke out at around midnight in the male dormitory of the mixed private boarding school, adding that more than 150 boys were in the dormitory at the time.Kenya’s education ministry said 824 students – 402 boys and 422 girls – were enrolled in the school. It added that 156 of …