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Seven residents burnt to death and scores injured in Pumwani night fire

By Emmanuel Kipchumba | 1yr ago

At least seven people died, a dozen injured and more than 50 households destroyed following Tuesday's night fire that razed Kitui village in Pumwani, Nairobi.

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