Fire razes a section of Gikomba market, again

Traders in the largest open air market, Gikomba are once again counting losses after fire broke out at Line 42 near the bridge.

According to reports, the fire broke out around 4am on Wednesday morning as fire fighters rushed to the scene to contain the inferno.

The stalls that were razed down by the flames of fire contained shoes and clothes.

The officials from Nairobi County and emergency team said that by 6am much of the fire had been curbed.

Gikomba market has been hitting the headlines on several fire incidents with no cause of the same being reported publicly.

Early February this year, another fire broke out at the market in the dead of the night causing huge losses to traders with the  police promising to investigate the incident.

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The cases of fire at the market caught the attention of President Uhuru Kenyatta in 2017 after property of worth millions were destroyed.

He directed investigation to be conducted and the arsonist charged but no one has been brought to book two years down the line.

Sonko, the Governor of Nairobi County also vowed to structure a multi-agency team to investigate the fire outbreaks but nothing has been heard of it.

The biggest recent fire was in June 2018 that claimed 15 live and razed property worth millions at the Kwa Mbao section.