>>> BREAKING OVERNIGHT, AT LEAST 17 STUDENTS ARE DEAD AND 13 OTHERS ARE INJURED AFTER A FIRE ERUPTED AT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DORM IN KENYA. POLICE SAY THE FIRE BROKE OUT AROUND MIDNIGHT, ENGULFING ROOMS WERE CHILDREN WERE SLEEPING. AUTHORITIES BELIEVE THE VICTIMS WERE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 9 AND 13. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS BEING INVESTIGATED. OUR PARTNERS AT BBC NEWS, HERE'S MORE FROM NAIROBI. >> Reporter: IT'S A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY THAT PEOPLE HAVE WOKEN UP TO, AND THIS IS A PRIMARY BOARDING SCHOOL IN CENTRAL KENYA, ABOUT TWO HOURS DRIVE OUT OF NAIROBI. BOATING SCHOOLS AT THAT LEVEL, VERY RED COUNTRY, AND SO THEREFORE PEOPLE ARE REALLY SHOCKED. THE PARENTS JUST COMING TO TERMS WITH THAT. THEY ARE RECEIVING PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT. THE KENYAN RED CROSS HAS SET UP A TRACING DESK THERE. THE GOVERNMENT -- THE PRESIDENT HAS ORDERED INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE CAUSE OF THIS FIRE THAT BROKE OUT AT MIDNIGHT. WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR IS THAT THERE WERE 156 BOYS AND THAT DORMITORY, AND IT CAUGHT FIRE AROUND MIDNIGHT WHEN THEY CALLED FOR HELP. RESIDENCE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD RUSHED IN TO TRY AND HELP THEM, BUT THE STRUCTURE, WE UNDERSTAND, WAS MADE OF WOOD, AND THAT HELPED THE FIRE TO SPREAD VERY FAST. THE POLICE SAY THAT 16 BODIES WERE FOUND THERE BURNT BEYOND RECOGNITION. ONE MORE STUDENT SUCCUMBED AFTER BEING TAKEN TO HOSPITAL, AND ANOTHER 13 STUDENTS ARE IN HOSPITALS IN THE AREA. SO IT IS A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY, AND WE DO NOT KNOW THE CAUSE OF THE