Several stalls were reduced to ashes on Thursday night, February 29, after a fire incident occurred at the Uthiru 87 market located along the Waiyaki Way in Nairobi.
Following the incident, firefighters from Nairobi City County, along with those from Kiambu, rushed to the scene and helped contain the situation before it could escalate.
In the 10 pm incident, no casualties or injuries were reported, and the cause of the fire remains a mystery.
The incident, which occurred near the Kabete Police Station, left a trail of properties worth thousands destroyed, displacing many traders.
In the widely circulated videos of the incident, traders could be seen making efforts to salvage their properties from the fire, which was fast escalating to other stalls.
Meanwhile, residents living nearby could be seen watching the unfolding from a distance, even as rescue operations continued.
While most of the goods were destroyed, other traders were able to save their properties from the fire.
Investigations into the mysterious fire have since been launched to establish the root cause of the fire.
This is not the first time that a fire incident has been reported in a Nairobi market. In a similar incident on December 8, a fire incident was reported at the Carwash area of Kasarani along Thika Road.
Area residents rushed to the scene to help save the furniture that had been engulfed in smoke before firefighters arrived.
The cause of the accident was also yet to be established, and it was unclear whether police had visited the area to record statements and launch investigations into the midday fire.
According to witnesses, the carwash area had been plagued by a series of tragic incidents in the past few years, with the most recent being the collapsing of a building which claimed three lives.
