Baby dies as fire razes houses in Naivasha
Residents outside some of the wooden houses razed by a fire in Kabati Estate, Naivasha, on June 20, 2017. A four-month-old baby died in the tragedy. PHOTO | MACHARIA MWANGI | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
- A boda boda operator, Martin Kung'u, said they saw a huge fire which immediately engulfed the entire wooden block of houses.
- Several other witnesses claimed the child had been locked inside one of the wooden houses by her mother who was out on unknown errands.
A four-month-old baby died on Tuesday morning after a residential house caught fire in Kabati estate in Naivasha.
According to witnesses, the baby had been locked in the house by her mother.
A boda boda operator, Martin Kung'u, said he and others saw a huge fire that immediately engulfed the entire wooden block of houses.
"We attempted to put out the fierce fire but we could not manage due to its intensity," he said
CAUSE OF FIRE
He said it was not immediately clear what caused the 10.30am fire, with some attributing the blaze to a power hitch.
Mr Kung'u said the fire was doused by county firefighters, who arrived 15 minutes after it broke out.
Several other witnesses claimed the child had been locked inside one of the wooden houses by her mother, who was out on unknown errands.
"She is used to leaving the child inside the house unattended," said a witness.
Police later took the body to the Naivasha Sub-County Hospital mortuary.
