An electric fault is suspected to have caused the fire at around 4am on Saturday morning with traders rushing to the famous market to save what they could. The market has become prone to fire incidents, with traders forced to start all over again after every other incident. Frequent fires at Toi market and traders rising from the ashesToday’s fire incident is the fifth one in recent years and comes barely a year after an inferno razed through the famous market. ADVERTISEMENTOn June 11, 2023, an electrical fault in one of the stalls resulted in a fire that swept through the market, leaving traders counting their losses. Pulse Live KenyaTraders and residents at the time claimed that the Nairobi County fire brigade arrived with trucks that had no water.
