Six police houses burnt in Maua fire

The fire spread rapidly before a fire brigade from Maua Fire Station arrived and extinguished it. PHOTO | DICKSON MWITI | NATION MEDIA GROUP

Six residential houses at Maua Police Station in Igembe South Sub-County were on Monday razed following a fire allegedly ignited by a gas cylinder.

Witnesses said an explosion was heard from the timber houses before a huge fire erupted.

The fire spread rapidly before a fire brigade from Maua Fire Station arrived and extinguished it.

No property was salvaged from the affected houses, leaving officers counting losses. No one was injured.

Igembe Central MP Kubai Kiringo visited the scene and promised to consult his Igembe South counterpart to set aside some money from the Constituency Development Fund to construct new houses for the officers.

ASSIST THE OFFICERS

Mr Elijah M’Ikiburu, who is an aide to Igembe South MP Mithika Linturi, said a committee would be formed to find ways of assisting the affected officers.

No property was salvaged from the affected houses after the Maua fire on Monday

“We shall form a committee which will look into the welfare of the officers who have been affected so that they can start from somewhere,” he said.

On the other hand, some members said the government was not taking good care of police officers.

Mr Alfred Kinyua wondered why the government could not replace the old timber houses, which he said were constructed many years ago.

“It is very sad to see police officers living in old timber houses which were constructed long time ago. The government should construct decent houses for our officers (as) this will influence service delivery,” he said.

Members of the public helped to put out the fire.