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| Only Rabbles and ashes left |
A huge fire erupted last night in
Sipili shopping centre and gutted down a section of shopping stalls. Traders
and residents who had gone to sleep when the fire started, had their nights cut
short as alarm was raised over the burning shops. Large crowds of people
gathered to lend a hand in a desperate rescue operation. It was too late as
rescuers were overwhelmed by the raging fires consuming the timber walls
and stock worth thousands of shillings.
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| Houses destroyed during the fire |
LRV visited the scene in the morning and found
the traders in sombre moods as they counted their losses. It is not business as
usual in the busy shopping center, items are spread all over as some shops were
demolished to prevent the fire from spreading further. The heaviest casualty is
Dimcom hardware shop which is said to have lost a fortune in the unfortunate
incident.
The cause of the fire which
started at around 1.00 pm has not been established. The Thursday
night’s case adds to the grim statistics of fire incidences occurring
frequently in sipili.
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