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20 families left homeless after fire destroys houses

NAIROBI, KENYA: Twenty families had to spend the night in the cold on Sunday after a fire caused by an electric fault gutted down 18 houses in Korrompoi, Kajiado County.

Two motorcycles and several TV sets were among the items destroyed during the incident. The affected families said efforts to contain the inferno were hampered by lack of proper fire-fighting equipment.

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