Kenya school fire kills 17 students, police say

NAIROBI, Kenya — At least 17 children died after a fire ripped through their primary school dormitory overnight in central Kenya, police said Friday. The blaze in Nyeri county's Hillside Endarasha Academy broke out at around midnight, police said, engulfing rooms where the children were sleeping. The primary school caters to some 800 pupils, aged between roughly 5 and 12. "There are 17 fatalities from this incident and there are also others who were taken to hospital with serious injuries,"...