Death toll in Kenya school fire rises to 18, with 70 children missing

At least 18 young children have died and 27 others have been hospitalised after a fire ripped through the dormitory at their primary school in central Kenya overnight on Thursday.

Late on Friday, the death toll went up after one student died of their injuries at the hospital.

Police said the blaze at Hillside Endarasha Academy in Nyeri county broke out just after midnight on Friday, engulfing the dormitory where more than 150 boys…