Those affected by the fire lost all their personal belongings.
Athi River East Subcounty police commander Anderson Mbae said the victims were rendered homeless after their rented mabati houses went up in flames on Tuesday evening.
The matter was reported to Mlolongo Police Station as a fire incident report at 8.47 pm on the same day.
“It was reported by a member of the public through a phone
call that there was a fire incident within Musau Road area of Mlolongo
Township,” Mbae told
the Star on the phone on Wednesday.
The police boss said the houses’ caretaker reported to have found the houses burning when he arrived at the scene of incident after
responding to a phone call from the landlord.
He said the public helped put out the fire.
“Six mabati residential houses with household properties of unknown
value were razed. The cause of the fire is still unknown,” Mbae said.
Mbae said there were no casualties reported in the incident. He said his officers processed the scene and necessary
actions taken. They have launched investigations into the incident.
Elsewhere in the same Machakos county, Athi River South Subcounty, a second fire incident was reported to Kyumbi Police Station at 9.34
pm on Tuesday.
According to police, the fire broke out at Kwa Mwambi ranch, four kilometres South of the station and razed close to three acres of grassland.
“Police rushed to the scene and with the help of the
public managed to put it off before the Fire Brigade team arrived. No life
was lost, the cause of the fire is not yet known,” a police report seen by
the Star read in part.
Police are investigating the incident.
