The Kenya Forest Service (KFS) has declared a fire season in Makueni County following a long dry weather spell. The County Ecosystem Conservator Maurice Wanyiri said the declared fire season started Monday and will continue until the onset of the rains. “It is in consideration of these factors that my office has deemed it necessary […]
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Traders at Kongowea Market in Mombasa County are counting losses amounting to about Sh3million after their stalls were destroyed by fire. The small scale retailers had their stalls and merchandise, therein, including second hand clothes (mitumba) reduced to ashes. “The fire started at night after curfew. We were told it was due to an electric […]
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An early morning fire today gutted a dormitory at Al Maktoum Girls High School in Kajiado town. The fire which broke out at around 5am Wednesday, destroyed beddings and students’ personal belongings leaving 56 students without a place to sleep. No student was injured during the morning incident as they were already awake and attending morning prayers […]
Continue ReadingPatients in Mombasa Hospital were successfully evacuated after a fierce fire gutted a section of the hospital they were admitted in . In a press brief, the Mombasa County Police Commander (CPC), Rashid Yakub said no casualties were reported in the incident that started at 8.30 Pm on Tuesday night. He said joint efforts by […]
Continue ReadingProperty of unknown value was destroyed during a fire outbreak that lasted around three hours at Our Lady of Assumption mission Majengo Church in Eldoret early Monday. The inferno is believed to have broken out due to poor connection of electricity in some of the buildings that were mostly affected in the church. Residents and […]
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