By JOSEPH OPENDAMore by this AuthorResidents of Milimani estate in Nakuru County are in panic after fire broke out in Menengai Forest, which is close to their homes. The fast spreading inferno consumed over 200 acres of the indigenous forest towards Nakuru GK Prison. Kenya Forest Service Central Rift commandant David Mtoro said the agency's rangers tried to put it out. Billows of smoke spread over Milimani Estate in Nakuru on March 10, 2017 after fire broke out in Menengai Forest. PHOTO | SULEIMAN MBATIAH | NATION MEDIA GROUPA similar incident was witnessed in March 2015 when more than 300 acres of vegetation was destroyed by fire at Menengai Crater.

Source: Daily Nation March 10, 2017 13:59 UTC