Kyanguli Fire Tragedy

Kyanguli Fire Tragedy
LocationMachakos County, Kenya
Date25 March 2001
1:00 a.m.
TargetKyanguli Secondary School
Deaths67
Injured19 (including Opiyo)
PerpetratorsDavis Onyango Opiyo
Felix Mambo Ngumbao

The Kyanguli Fire Tragedy occurred on the night of 25 March 2001 when a dormitory at Kyanguli Secondary School in Machakos County, Kenya was set on fire in an act of arson by two 16-year-old students of the school. 67 people died in the incident and another 19 were injured, including one of the perpetrators.