A deadly fire at a school dormitory in Guyana appears to have been started by a pupil who was angry her mobile phone had been confiscated, officials say. Nineteen people - mostly female students ...

The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) has determined that the fire at the West Ruimveldt Primary school on Wednesday morning was caused by slack connections of electrical wires. According to the GFS ...

The fire broke out just after midnight on Monday, engulfing a secondary school dormitory and trapping ... of Public Information said in a statement. Guyana is located between Venezuela and ...

Pupils and teachers were this morning forced to evacuate the West Ruimveldt Primary School in Georgetown after a small fire erupted. The evacuation was successfully completed at around 11:30hrs ...

At least 20 people were killed and several more were injured in a fire that started around midnight Sunday in a student dormitory at a secondary school in ... statement from Guyana's Department ...

Between 2017 and September 2023, fires have claimed the lives of 124 individuals and displaced 2,796 people across Guyana ... May 2023 fire at the Mahdia Secondary School dormitory.

A girls’ school in Kenya is on fire, just a day after a deadly fire at a different school in the country. “Isiolo Girls on ...

Officials have begun removing the bodies of children who burned to death in a school dormitory in central Kenya on Sunday as ...

Guyana saw the inauguration of its pioneering science-focused educational institution. This new school, established on the site where the St ...

A fire in a school dormitory in Kenya has killed 17 students and seriously burned 13 others, according to police. The cause is still under investigation, and they fear the death toll may rise.

A fire at a school in the African country of Kenya left 17 students dead and 13 others seriously burned this week. On Thursday, police officials in Kenya reported that a fire broke out at a school ...

Nairobi, Kenya — A fire tore through an elementary boarding school dormitory in central Kenya, killing 17 boys and seriously burning 14 others, officials said Friday. The Hillside Endarasha ...