By ANITA CHEPKOECHMore by this AuthorTraders in Itare trading centre in Konoin, Bomet County are counting losses after fire razed down 30 shops, destroying goods worth millions of shillings. Shops, butcheries, hotels, salons and posho mills were destroyed, leaving the owners distraught. Kaptien Assistant Chief Anthony Koech told Nation.co.ke that the fire was caused by an electric fault. It took a brave resident to switch off a power transformer for the flames to die down. Unfortunately, the shops had already been burnt down and nothing could be salvaged.

Source: Daily Nation January 25, 2017 04:04 UTC