Tears, anger, shock as 8 girls die in early morning school fire

Moi Girls High School students.

A collapsed roof at the centre of a badly burnt dormitory, tears, anger and a country in shock described a night of horror in which helpless schoolgirls tried to rescue themselves from a fire but some did not make it out alive.

By Saturday evening there were conflicting accounts about the exact number of girls who died from the Moi Girls High School Nairobi fire tragedy with the Government placing the death toll at eight.