The fire follows the death of at least 17 students in a blaze at a primary boarding school, Hillside Endarasha Academy, in Nyeri, also in central Kenya, early on Friday.

“A fire incident has been reported at Isiolo Girls High School, Isiolo County,” the Kenya Red Cross said in a post on the X platform late on Saturday.

Early today, it said the fire had been contained and that three minor injuries had been recorded.

Kenya police spokesman Resila Onyango also said late on Saturday that a fire at the school had been contained. She did not say what had caused the blaze.

Moments after the blaze was extinguished, police, fire and rescue squads could be seen using flashlights to search for any students and salvageable property in the wreaked dormitories, according to a Reuters witness.