Police link deadly Likoni house fire to domestic row

Two children are among four people killed in a Likoni house fire that police are linking to a domestic row. PHOTO | MOHAMED AHMED | NATION MEDIA GROUP

What you need to know:

  • Two children are the among the victims of the Monday evening fire.

Four family members have died after a fire gutted a house in Likoni, Mombasa County.

Two children are among the victims of the Monday evening fire that occured in Ijara near Shelly Beach.

Likoni Deputy County Commissioner Erick Wamulevu told the Nation the fire broke out following a quarrel between a couple.

The fire then spread to a nearby house after firefighters ran out of water but it was later contained.