{"id":135251,"date":"2026-03-24T09:02:46","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T09:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/tana-river-students-safe-after-dormitory-fire-at-ngao-girls-secondary\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T09:02:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T09:02:46","slug":"tana-river-students-safe-after-dormitory-fire-at-ngao-girls-secondary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/tana-river-students-safe-after-dormitory-fire-at-ngao-girls-secondary\/","title":{"rendered":"Tana River students safe after dormitory fire at Ngao Girls Secondary"},"content":{"rendered":"

NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 24 \u2014 A fire broke out at Ngao Girls Secondary School in Tana River County on Monday evening following an explosion in one of the dormitories.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tana River County official Joseph Wamuti said the incident occurred at about 7.15pm in Tarasaa Sub-County while students were attending evening prep studies.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe students were in their evening preps at the time of the incident when they heard a loud bang and noticed flames emanating from the dormitory,\u201d Wamuti said.<\/p>\n

The fire spread quickly through the dormitory, destroying beds, mattresses, and students\u2019 personal belongings before members of the local community and school administration intervened to contain the blaze using available resources.<\/p>\n

Emergency responders, including the fire brigade and security agencies, later arrived to support containment efforts and secure the area.<\/p>\n

No fatalities were reported.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe school administration, with support from teachers and Board of Management members, has since accounted for all students, with no fatalities reported,\u201d Wamuti said.<\/p>\n

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A few students sustained minor injuries and were treated at Ngao Sub-County Hospital, where they remain in stable condition.<\/p>\n

Police and other emergency response teams have launched investigations to determine the cause of the fire, while authorities continue to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the damage.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 24 \u2014 A fire broke out at Ngao Girls Secondary School in Tana River County on Monday evening following an explosion in one of the dormitories. Tana River County official Joseph Wamuti said the incident occurred at about 7.15pm in Tarasaa Sub-County while students were attending evening prep studies. \u201cThe students were […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135251\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}