Tragedy as 2 minors killed in Majengo slums fire incident

The bodies were moved to the morgue pending autopsy and investigations.

In Summary
  • The bodies of two- sister and brother- aged three and one respectively were discovered after the fire engines had contained the fire, police said.
  • Police said the elder victim was a girl and the younger one a boy. They were in the house when the fire broke out.
The fire erupted in the middle of the night, gutting the building
The fire erupted in the middle of the night, gutting the building
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Tragedy struck a family after two siblings were found killed in a fire incident in Majengo slums, Nairobi.

The fire broke out on Thursday evening affecting six rooms, police said.

The bodies of two- sister and brother- aged three and one respectively were discovered after the fire engines had contained the fire, police said.

Police said the elder victim was a girl and the younger one a boy. They were in the house when the fire broke out.

The cause of the fire is not yet known.

The bodies were moved to the morgue pending autopsy and investigations.

Meanwhile, police are investigating an incident in which a worker was found dead after he fell off the fifth floor of a house under construction in South C, Nairobi.

The other workers discovered the body of Daniel Mutinda long after he had died at the site in the Dafam area.

It is not clear the time he fell off. The body was discovered long after the mason had died.

The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy, police said.

Such incidents have been on the rise amid calls for action to address the trend.

Lack of protection gear has been cited as part of the leading causes of the deaths. Authorities are investigating them.

Elsewhere in Eastleigh, one Butala Fwamba, 35 was found dead after he was involved in a scuffle in a bar.

Police said the incident happened in a bar along Yusuf Haji Avenue.

His body was found lying on the veranda of Ali Baba Furniture with a stab wound on the neck.

The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy even as police hunt for his killers.

Witnesses have so far been identified as part of the probe into the incident, police said.

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