A source at the scene of the fire told kenyagist.com that the outbreak was caused by a gas explosion.
The fire broke out on the night of Sunday, March 22, and one woman was feared to have been burnt inside one of the houses that went up in flames.
“I heard a gas exploded on a few houses and shops burned down. OneĀ woman, I think,Ā was reportedly burnt inside her house,” stated the source who sought anonymity.
Kangemi residents witness as fire razes down shops and houses in the market next to Loresho Chiefs Camp on the night of Sunday, March 22.
Firefighters arrived at the scene and helped contain the fire.
The Kangemi market has seemingly been a hotbed of fire outbreaks with other incidences reported roughly a month apart, in February and March 2019.
In February, a huge inferno broke outĀ at Kibagare slum near the flyover on theĀ Loresho side.
The fireĀ engulfed the Sodom area in Kangemi and burntĀ dozens of properties to the ground.
In March 2019, another fire broke outĀ at Mountain View right next to Kangemi flyover along Waiyaki Way, Nairobi.
Huge smoke results from burning shops and houses in Kangemi on Sunday, March 22, 2020.
