House brought down in flames after stove explodes

On Monday morning an iron sheet house in Mwembe town, Kisii County was razed down in flames after a stove exploded causing the fire to burn down the single iron sheet house. 

According to an eye witness the owner of the house left the wee hours for work in the town unfortunately the stove was not off.  “The owner left for work but the stove was not off, and it may have caused the inferno” said one of the witnesses.

Nothing was salvaged from the house as the flames spread very first making it hard to be contained. Lucky to them the house was single as such the house didn’t spread to neighboring houses.

Confirming the incident kisii county police boss has warned residents to be keen one handling fire as it has devastating consequences. “I urge the public to be vigilant when handling fire as it has dire consequences” said the chief.

Furthermore he has called upon residents to report such cases in time so that response can be immediate and prevent fire from spreading to other houses.