Close to five hundred families were left homeless in Mathare after their houses burned down in two separate incidents.The Tuesday fires started at 2am at Kosovo and at 11.30am at Mathare''s 4B area. Their causes were not immediately established but sources blamed illegal power connections.No deaths were reported in the two incidents but no property was salvaged from the razed iron sheet shanties.Hospital ward MCA George ochola cautioned the residents against illegal power connections. He said they have been the causes of many fire incidents in Nairobi's slum areas.He also urged the residents not to build shanties on the roads."The fire fighters could not access the scene promptly because of houses on a section of the road," he said.He promised the affected families humanitarian assistance.Starehe OCPD Baraza Wabomba refused to comment when he was contacted.
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Close to five hundred families were left homeless in Mathare after their houses burned down in two separate incidents.
The Tuesday fires started at 2am at Kosovo and at 11.30am at Mathare''s 4B area. Their causes were not immediately established but sources blamed illegal power connections.
No deaths were reported in the two incidents but no property was salvaged from the razed iron sheet shanties.
Hospital ward MCA George ochola cautioned the residents against illegal power connections. He said they have been the causes of many fire incidents in Nairobi's slum areas.
He also urged the residents not to build shanties on the roads.
"The fire fighters could not access the scene promptly because of houses on a section of the road," he said.
He promised the affected families humanitarian assistance.
Starehe OCPD Baraza Wabomba refused to comment when he was contacted.
- See more at: http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/article-192027/mathare-fires-leave-500-homeless#sthash.8ZGdNOHq.dpuf
The Tuesday fires started at 2am at Kosovo and at 11.30am at Mathare''s 4B area. Their causes were not immediately established but sources blamed illegal power connections.
No deaths were reported in the two incidents but no property was salvaged from the razed iron sheet shanties.
Hospital ward MCA George ochola cautioned the residents against illegal power connections. He said they have been the causes of many fire incidents in Nairobi's slum areas.
He also urged the residents not to build shanties on the roads.
"The fire fighters could not access the scene promptly because of houses on a section of the road," he said.
He promised the affected families humanitarian assistance.
Starehe OCPD Baraza Wabomba refused to comment when he was contacted.
- See more at: http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/article-192027/mathare-fires-leave-500-homeless#sthash.8ZGdNOHq.dpuf
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