Anxiety as fire breaks out at Ngara Girls, Nairobi

Anxiety has gripped parents at the Ngara Girls High School, Nairobi, following a fire incident at the school on Saturday evening.

The fire reportedly broke out at around 6pm. Property was destroyed in the fire.

According to NTV, the administration was yet to give a statement as late as 9:30pm on whether there were any casualties.

The broadcaster, however, said an ambulance was seen driving into the institution.

Parents and guardians who arrived at the school were not allowed to go in.

They were forced to camp at the school gate waiting anxiously for word from the school management.

"We don't know what is going on. We really need feedback as soon as possible so that the anxiety goes down and if there are any casualties they tell us," a brother of a student said.

"I'll wait till morning. I have to make sure that my sister is okay," he added.

This is the latest fire incident at a learning institution since the September 2, 2017 dorm inferno at Moi Girls, Nairobi, that claimed the lives of 11 girls.

Read: Moi Girls' fire tragedy: 10th student dies in hospital

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