A night fire at a garage off Ole Dume Road in Kilimani, Nairobi, destroyed several vehicles, leaving mechanics and vehicle owners counting losses estimated at millions of shillings.

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The blaze prompted an emergency response from the Nairobi County Disaster Management Centre after authorities received a distress call reporting the incident.

Senior Nairobi City County officials visited the scene and coordinated the response with disaster management officers, residents and mechanics at the garage.

The officials described it as a difficult night for mechanics and vehicle owners whose vehicles were inside the facility when the fire broke out. Most of the vehicles were extensively damaged, with some reportedly burned beyond repair and reduced to shells.

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The fire took more than four hours to contain, with emergency teams facing difficulties because of the materials involved in the blaze.

According to reports, the garage contained vehicles, petrol and other highly flammable materials, making the firefighting operation particularly difficult and dangerous.

Witnesses say the garage employs more than 200 mechanics and that a significant amount of property was destroyed in the fire.

Firefighters and emergency teams remained at the scene as they worked to completely extinguish the flames and prevent the fire from reigniting.

At the same time, the cause of the fire was yet to be established at the time of publishing , even as investigations into the incident continue.

The Kilimani incident was among several fire incidents reported across the country yesterday, with an overnight blaze at Kibuye Market in Kisumu City also destroying property worth millions of shillings.

📰 Source: Kenyans.co.ke