Breaking News: Families Left Homeless as Another Fire Engulfs Embakasi Homes.
Breaking News: Families Left Homeless as Another Fire Engulfs Embakasi Homes: Several families in the Embakasi East constituency were forced to brave a long cold night, after fire razed their homes on Wednesday morning, February 7.
According to the Area member of parliament Babu Owino, the Wednesday fire started at around 3:00 am in Soweto. It has rendered over 63 residents homeless after spreading to a number of houses in the area.
Babu stated,”Another sad day in Soweto ward, Embakasi East as 63 Residents are left homeless after a fire burned down their houses and other valuables last night. Please Pray for Embakasi East.”
Speaking to the media, Residents stated that they contained the fire before it caused more damage after they came to the realization that the Nairobi County firefighters would arrive late. The emergency service providers were accused of arriving at the fire scene three hours later.
Notably, residents have confirmed that there were no injuries or fatalities scored from the early morning incident.
The cause of the fire and the value of damaged property were yet to be known at the time of publishing this article.
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