Gikomba Fire: 15 people are feared dead and more than 60 injured after a night fire, once again, gutted a section of Gikomba in the capital Nairobi on Thursday morning.
Some of the victims burned while others choked after inhaling poisonous fumes as they battled to save and salvage their property.
Emergency service provider, St John’s Ambulance, said 58 others, mainly traders, were taken to Kenyatta and other city hospitals with burns.
“At least 40 casualties evacuated by St John Ambulance following huge fire that gutted part of residential and market sections of Gikomba,” the emergency service provider said in a tweet.
The flames broke out at around 1am at Kwa Mbao area, according to the Kenya Red Cross, before spreading to other parts of the informal market.
The blaze that consumed timber yards and bales of used clothes intensified at around 2.30am Thursday and by 7.30am, firefighters from Nairobi City County Fire Brigade were still battling to put it out.
