Several traders are counting losses after their shops were razed at Embakasi shopping centre in Nairobi on Saturday. Twenty shops belonging to the businessmen were gutted in the inferno that struck the centre in Embakasi East subcounty at around 8.30am. Embakasi subcounty police commander Francis Ngugi said the cause of the fire, which razed the Mabati structures, was not immediately established. Around 20 premises were razed, but the fire engine from Nairobi City County Government responded on time preventing it from spreading to the other structures,” Ngugi told the Star on Sunday. The police boss assured those residing in Embakasi and its neighborhoods enhanced security especially during the Christmas festive season.

Source: The Star December 06, 2020 19:52 UTC