Kisumu, Kenya: Early morning fire razed down property worth millions of shillings at the Jumbo Foam Mattress Company in Kisumu County. More than three quarters of the firm located in a 10 acre piece of land was burnt down by the inferno that started at 3am. The fire whose cause is still under investigation is said to have been fuelled by chemicals and mattresses that are found within the facility. Efforts to put out the fire were futile as the fire engines arrived 30 minutes late, with some of them not being properly equipped to fight the inferno. According to the Managing Director Jaesh Patel, they were still conducting an audit to establish the exact amount lost.
"There is no human casualty because none of our staff was on night shift," said Mr Patel. Kisumu County Commissioner Erustus Ekidor said they had launched investigations to establish the cause of the fire. "We cannot speculate what could have caused the fire, but we are looking into the matter," he said.
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