Fire guts businesses in Naivasha as fire department grapples with machinery shortage

Members of the public view the damage caused by a fire outbreak at the main bus terminus in Naivasha which reduced property worth millions of shillings to ashes. The town does not have a fire engine after the county government recalled the only machine exposing area residents to a series of fire incidents. [Photo, Antony Gitonga]

Another fire broke out early Wednesday morning night at Kabati estate in Naivasha, destroying property worth millions of shillings.

In the last two months, the town which does not have a serving fire-engine has recorded over ten fire incidents.