Fire razed down Modern Electrical shop in Kisumu
By Dickson Odhiambo
July 27, 2020
Fire razed down Modern
Electrical shop in Kisumu
A ferocious inferno this morning razed down an electrical
shop in Kisumu where goods worth unknown amount have been destroyed.
This fire that started around ten o’clock gutted the entire
building together with all the electrical appliances being sold herein.
Efforts from the Kisumu City Fire department bore no fruits
as it was overwhelmed by the fire incident and it took the intervention of the
Fire brigade from the Kisumu International Airport who put off the fire.
Over 500 people rushed to the scene of fire to have a
glimpse of what was happening as police lobbed tears gas canisters and shot in
the air to scare away part of the crowd that wanted to loot the premise that
was burning.
A middle aged man who tried to vandalize the place was
caught red handed and members of the public did not spare him as police came to
his rescue against the public wrath.
Nyanza Regional Commissioner James Kianda and entire Regional
Security and Intelligence team visited the scene.
Kianda said the cause of the fire is still not known and
appealed the public to be calm for investigations to be completed.
He says the Kisumu County Disaster Preparedness and
Management Committee will sit down and assess the damage caused so far.
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