Highway Secondary School closed indefinitely following dormitory fire

Students at Highway Secondary in Nairobi salvage their belongings after fire gutted one of the school's dormitories in the wee hours of Sunday, July 22 2018. Some 31 students and a worker, were injured during the incident and taken to Kenyatta National Hospital for treatment. [David Njaaga/Standard]

The Ministry of Education has closed Highway Secondary School in Nairobi indefinitely after suspected arsonists set a dormitory ablaze yesterday morning.

According to the school administration, unknown individuals attempted to burn a dormitory by setting six mattresses on fire.