Residents tries to contain fire that broke at Kibera slum's Laini Saba area on Saturday September 23. About 30 residential houses were reduced to ashes. [Photo/Dennis Chacha]
Fire razed down over 30 structures in Nairobi's Kibera slum on Saturday.
The incident took place at Laini Saba area. [PhotoPhoto/Dennis Chacha]
Laini Saba residents putting out fire that broke at a business stall before it spread to nearby residential houses. [PhotoPhoto/Dennis Chacha]
The Fire broke at around 10:30 am and lasted for 30 minutes before residents managed to put it off.
Residents trying to contain the fire. [Photo/Dennis Chacha]
Police said the fire, whose cause was unknown, spread from a stall to a residential area.
There was no immediate response from fire fighters from both the Nairobi City County and Kenya Red Cross Society.
Property worth thousands of shillings was destroyed during the inferno since most residents had gone to work.