Property of unknown value was destroyed after a fire outbreak at Kariobangi Light Industries in Nairobi on Sunday.
The fire is said to have originated from one of the timber shops.
The Nairobi City County Fire Department arrived to control the rapidly spreading flames that destroyed property worth millions of shillings.
Residents said the inferno broke out at around 2 pm Sunday.
"The fire is so huge, it's spreading so fast to other structures," Habib Omar, a resident, said.
They are calling on more fire engines alongside humanitarian organisations to intervene.
"We need KDF and Kenya Redcross Society responses immediately," Omar said The scene is located along Outering Road in Nairobi.
Fire incidents have been on the rise in the recent past.
On Wednesday, February 19, 2025, a 30-year-old mother and her son aged three years were seriously burnt in a fire incident in Nairobi’s Dandora area.
The fire also burnt and destroyed a number of structures in Dandora Phase 4, police said.
The woman was injured as she rushed to the burning house to rescue the boy in the Wednesday night incident.
Locals joined in the efforts to contain the spread of the fire before engines from the county arrived and helped.
The victims were both rushed to Mama Lucy Hospital where the mother is being attended while her son has been referred to Kenyatta National Hospital for further attention.
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.
Elsewhere in Machakos county, Athi River South Subcounty, a second fire incident was reported to Kyumbi Police Station at 9.34 pm on Tuesday.
