Property of unknown value was on Tuesday Morning reduced to ashes in Kuresoi Location, Kuresoi North Sub-vounty, after a fierce fire broke out.
The fire razed down a residential building leaving residents homeless, as efforts by the residents to put off the fire failed, due to lack of firefighting equipment and fierce fire flames .
Zakayo Ngetich, an eyewitness, said the fire started from one room of the ill-fated building, before spreading to the rest 15 rooms.
“The fire started from one room before spreading to the adjacent rooms, it was a big fire, we were not able to contain it,” said Ngetich.
The owner of the ill building, Kennedy Nyaro said that he lost property worth Sh3million.
“The tragedy is a great blow because I lost property worth Sh3 million, which included a posho mill “, said Kennedy.
Confirming the incident, Kuresoi Location Chief Ben Kimboi said that no casualty was reported, although property worthy thousands was destroyed.
He blamed illegal connections of electrical wires in the residential building, and urged residents to stop the illegal connections.