Gov’t Pathologist Johansen Oduor Issues Update on Endarasha Tragedy as Death Toll Rises
Gov’t Pathologist Johansen Oduor on Saturday announced plans to start post mortem on the bodies of victims retrieved from the scene of the Hillside Endarasha fire tragedy.
According to Oduor, the exercise of retrieving the bodies from the scene was complete and the process of conducting autopsies would begin on Tuesday, September 10.
Oduor detailed that the bodies of the deceased were extensively burnt making it difficult to recognise the identities of the pupils killed in the blaze.
“Today we have concluded the process of recovery of the bodies of those who were involved in this fire incident, we have managed to recover 19 bodies which we have placed in body bags,” Oduor narrated.
“They are to be taken to Naromoru Hospital so that we can begin the postmortem process. Looking at the bodies, they were severely burnt, which means that it is very difficult to identify that this is the exact person.”
Speaking at the same press conference, Government Spokesperson Isaac Mwaura disclosed that the death toll from the tragedy had risen to 21 after two more pupils succumbed to injuries while receiving treatment.
Mwaura revealed that out of the 156 pupils who were residing in the dormitory that was razed by the fire, 139 pupils had already been accounted for.