What the records say
- When
- 24 Mar 2001
- Kind
- Fire
- Coordinates
- 0.80° S, 38.38° E
- Description
- 2001 school dormitory fire in Kenya
Placed at the mountain its title names, Kyanguli.
Kyanguli school fire
2001 school dormitory fire in Kenya
The Kyanguli Fire Tragedy occurred on the night of 25 March 2001 when a dormitory at Kyanguli Secondary School in Machakos District, Kenya, was set on fire in an act of arson by two 16-year-old students of the school. Sixty-seven people died in the incident and another 19 were injured, including one of the perpetrators.
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