A dormitory at Lamu Boys Secondary School was on Wednesday razed down making it the second incident in a week.
Confirming the latest fire, County police commander Muchangi Kioi stated that there were no casualties as the students were not in the dormitory at the time it broke out.
He divulged that investigations were underway though the cause of the fire was still unknown.
The school board chairman Mr Masjid Basheikh who is also the local chief estimated that the property destroyed in the fire amount to nearly Ksh2 Million.
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The earlier incident occurred on May 10 where five students were injured as they rushed to the dormitory to salvage their belongings.
At the time, Basheikh disclosed that suspicion that the fire might have been caused by some of the students was unfounded.
“We have launched investigations as the school board but as for me, I have ruled out the suspicion that the fire might have been started by our students,” he assured.
Incidents of fires breaking out in the school have been prominent in the school.
In May 2017, students torched a section of the boarding master's office that resulted into the closure of the school.
Two litres of petrol, matchboxes and phones were found hidden in a ceiling inside one of the dormitories.
[caption caption="After the fire incident on May 10"]
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Later in June, after being reopened, the school was closed after students destroyed property protesting the suspension of six of their colleagues.
