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‘I left shoppers trapped’
Posted Wednesday, January 28 2009 at 22:26
A Nakumatt Downtown employee said some shoppers may have been trapped in the store. Mr Jeremiah Omuyo (left) recounted from his Kenyatta National Hospital bed how he escaped from the inferno, leaving about 20 women shoppers behind.
He said he was working at the upper floor of the store when a blackout occurred. “As I rushed down the stairs, there were many women behind me screaming,” he said.
But at the stairs, Mr Omuyo saw a huge ball of fire at the foot of the stairs, forcing them to go back. “I then opened a ceiling board and managed to go to the top of the burning roof,” he said writhing in pain. His arm was injured.
Although he was a lucky survivor, Mr Omuyo said the women may have been trapped in the fire. Earlier, a transformer blew up on Kimathi Lane near the supermarket forcing buildings to switch on generators.
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Submitted by jbugz_bunnyPosted January 31, 2009 02:39 AM
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Submitted by june4u2luv
It is a shame that chivalry is dead.... Where are the gentlemen in Kenya. “As I rushed down the stairs, there were many women behind me screaming,” he said. Shame that Mr Jeremiah Omuyo did not try to help these poor women Shame! Shame! Shame! Kenyan Men!!!!!
Posted January 30, 2009 07:23 PM -
Submitted by mzalendo_mkali
So where do we go from here? this is radical and may be, may be, it is the high time we said enough for the last time. Whenever such a disaster occurs and the people responsible for ensuring the safety of Kenyans dilly dally in taking decisive action and putting a stop to all the madness, from disasters due to negligence to road accidents, Kenyans should just go for them and neutralize them.
Posted January 30, 2009 06:02 AM -
Submitted by bromc
May the LORD have mercy. Fellow Kenyans let us priotise issues. Prayer and gratitudes for any help offered or pending offering should be welcome. Its natural for us to always complain especially when we suffer infirmity of performance.
Posted January 30, 2009 12:32 AM -
Submitted by nairobii
Those of you wondering about people standing and starring, remember there are alot of people who are idle in Nairobi and such an incident would give them something to 'kill time'. But I am suprised with so called emergency services where is the cordon around the fire and looking at videos some of the fire fighters are in no hurry to put out the fire and seem relaxed in their posture.
Posted January 29, 2009 07:37 PM
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i'm really wondering how the issue of employees barricading doors came about during such a tragedy, especially coming from survivors. it's high time people put others before insignificant stuff like stock they don't own. it's really painful to hear such a thing in this day and age!!!