Panic gripped Tengecha Boys Secondary School environs at around 6am on Monday while they were in class, as fire broke out in their dormitories.
The inferno is reported to have razed property worth millions, in the facility that housed 172 students.
Confirming the incident, Bureti sub-county Criminal Investigations Officer Stephen Tanki, said that no casualties were involved.
“No injuries were reported in the incident, investigations have commenced,” Mr Tanki said.
Parents, who sought to know the fate of their children, jammed the institution in the morning.
Members of the public, students and teachers, however, managed to put out the fire before it could spread to adjacent dormitories.
Firefighters from the Kericho County arrived at the institution when the inferno had been put off.
The cause of the fire is yet to be established.