Kenya's upmarket mall Sarit center was the center of attention on Friday noon after it caught fire with the top management confirming the same on their Twitter handle.
"We would like to inform all our tenants and shoppers that there was a small fire in one of our outlets on the ground floor which has now been contained by Sarit Centre security, staff and the Nairobi County Fire Department. No injuries reported...more details will follow"
Despite Sarit assuring the public that all is well, some Kenyans saw the story in a different way.
"Everybody was asked to evacuate..." Eliud Kariuki, an employee who works at one of the shops at Sarit Centre gives his account on the fire that was witnessed this morning at Sarit Centre @TimothyOtieno_ #KTNNewsDesk pic.twitter.com/ralu7XFgkD— KTN News (@KTNNews) May 4, 2018.
UPDATE: Fire engines run out of water as blaze persists at Sarit Centre in Westlands, Nairobi. #SaritCentre pic.twitter.com/8pZ11firmn— The African Voice (@teddyeugene) May 4, 2018.
They say the fire has been contained but the smoke at Sarit Centre has increased over the last half hour. pic.twitter.com/0oPDofDf4L— John Ngirachu (@JohnNgirachu) May 4, 2018.
Just see how fast the Nairobi county fire Department has reacted to contains the fire at Sarit centre Westlands. #Youth4Sonko— Prof_Ongeri (@Boncrazy1) May 4, 2018.
12:44 UPDATE: Fire engines run out of water as blaze persists at Sarit Centre in Westlands, Nairobi.As predicted earlier this kanjo geniuses will finish us. Skia Sasa maji imeisha!Let's sip cogniac @NairobiAlerts pic.twitter.com/cK87j45upD via @digitalmkenya— Ma3Route (@Ma3Route) May 4, 2018.
@MikeSonko the fire engines have run out of water at Sarit Centre, at kijiji your engines went without water just to witness the slum going down, gikomba the same case and other incidences in the county. whom are you gonna fire this time round— Joshua Nandichi Lukongo (@leunamme_i) May 4, 2018.