Nairobi Women's hospital . Photo/nation.co.keTwo brothers are recuperating at the Nairobi Women's hospital in Nakuru after they escaped a fire outbreak that razed their house at Kaptembwo Thursday night. Photo/courtesyTwo brothers are fighting for their lives at the Nairobi Women's hospital in Nakuru after suffering burns allegedly triggered by an explosion of a kerosene lamp in Kaptembwo estate on Thursday.
The two, Abraham Ochieng, 3, and Joseph Omondi, 4, were lucky to survive.
Their sister, aged one and a half, died while on way to hospital, Ruth Achieng, the mother, said.
A neighbor said the incident took place at 8pm.
“I was perturbed by screams of the children and a plume of smoke from the house when I rushed to rescue the children from the inferno,” she said.
The Childrens' father, John Pesa, a casual labourer, ask well-wishers for assistance.