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Job fears as fire guts factory

An employee pours water to put out embers at the Lomolo Sisal Factory in Rongai Sub-county yesterday. [Harun Wathari, Standard]

Property worth more than Sh150 million was destroyed after a fire gutted Lomolo Sisal Estate factory in Rongai Sub-county yesterday.

The factory management suspect arsonists targeted 400 tonnes of sisal bales that were ready for export to the Middle East and North Africa. 

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