Four-Year-Old Twins Burnt To Death In Kasarani

NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 16 – A mother in Kasarani is devastated after her four-year-old twins whom she left in the house died in a fire.

Police said that the mother who lives in Sunton area left her one-roomed house on Thursday night leaving a candle burning and her twins sleeping.

Neigbhours saw smoke billowing from the house and rushed to put it out but unfortunately but the time they were done, the twins had already succumbed.

The tragic death of the twins comes just days after a three-year-old boy was among two people who were killed in separate fire incidents in Nairobi.

Police said they received 10 fire incidents that also left at least seven people injured and property destroyed.

The first incident happened in Eastleigh where a three-year-old child was killed while three other people were injured after a fire broke out on the third floor of an apartment along First Avenue.

Unfortunately, three-year-old Husni Farah succumbed to the injuries while being treated in the hospital.

Police and locals suspect a gas cylinder explosion caused the fire but investigations are ongoing.

The area residents managed to contain the spread of the fire and rescued the four who had been trapped therein.