A one-year-old child and two members of a family died on Monday night after a fire broke out in their house at around 2 pm as they were asleep in Kariobangi South estate.

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According to neighbours, they had to break the gate to the main residential house and the bedroom windows to rescue the family members.

The main gate that neighbours had to break in an attempt to rescue the family. [Source/Kennedy Mutunga]

The house engulfed in smoke. [Source/Kennedy Mutunga]

The cause of the fire is not known according to the police albeit, neighbours suspect it might have been caused by a candle that was left burning as the family went to sleep. 

[Source/Kennedy Mutunga]

The area experienced a blackout Monday night.

Four people were also injured in the incidence and have been taken to the hospital for treatment. 

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