Fire razes third dorm at Thuura Boys' school in Meru

The remains of beds at a dormitory that was destroyed by fire at Kisima Secondary School in Buuri Sub-county, Meru County, July 3, 2018. /GERALD MUTETHIA
The remains of beds at a dormitory that was destroyed by fire at Kisima Secondary School in Buuri Sub-county, Meru County, July 3, 2018. /GERALD MUTETHIA

A fire destroyed a dormitory at Thuura Boys' High School in Meru County on Thursday night.

This was the

third dormitory to be razed at the institution in a suspected case of arson. One went up in flames

last Saturday.

Red Cross officers and county fire fighters went to the scene.

On Tuesday night, fire destroyed a dormitory each at Mukuiru Secondary in Igembe Central and Kisima Secondary in Buuri Sub-county in Meru.

The causes

were not immediately established.

Meru County Education director Salome Maina told the Star that she had not yet received reports on these cases.

Fires have been reported at several other schools including Waa Boys' High School in Kwale and Nduluku boys in Mbooni, Makueni.

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