Midday fire kills woman in downtown Nairobi, as another inferno engulfs city’s licensing office

NAIROBI: A middle-aged woman was Monday killed while at least seven patrons were seriously injured in a fire incident at a food kiosk in Nyamakima area, Nairobi.

The woman was among almost 30 people who were in the kiosk on the first floor of a building along Duruma Road when the fire broke out at about midday, witnesses said.