Towns not equipped to fight infernos

Some of the traders whose businesses were burnt down at Fly-Over trading center along the Nairobi-Nakuru highway on Tuesday morning.

Four fire incidents in Nakuru and Naivasha towns that claimed the lives of two people in a span of one week have exposed the county government’s poor fire preparedness.

In Nakuru, the death of a woman at White House estate last week caused an uproar among residents after a fire engine arrived at the site two hours after the incident was reported.