Hours after 100 homes were burnt down in Mukuru Kwa Njenga fire, new details have emerged about the casualties that were retrieved from the remains of the tragedy.
According to latest reports, three bodies were retrieved from the aftermath at the Mukuru Kwa Njenga tragedy that left 100 homes burnt down on late Monday evening.
The three who are said to be siblings, aged 16, 8, and 4, were caught unaware and were sleeping after a gas explosion led to the tragic incident. Confirming the incident, Kenya Red Cross team evacuated other victims as they contained the fire.
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The 16-year-old is a form two student at a local school, an eight-year-old girl at Joyland Vision Academy who was in grade two and their sister aged four were the confirmed victims by their mother.
Property of unknown value went up in flames as residents of the Muhindi Mweusi neighbourhood of Mukuru Kwa Njenga watched in disbelief. Bodies of the deceased were moved to City Mortuary.
This comes as a series of fire tragedies continue to ravage schools across the country with seversl students sustaining injuries and others confimed dead after being trapped in the fires.
Teachers Service Commission chairman ordered that severe actions and consequences should be taken against perpetrators of arson, even pushing for possible jail terms to even students that are found culpable to these offences.