Property of unknown value was yesterday destroyed after a raging fire burned down parts of Laini Saba area, Kibera slum in Nairobi.
The witnesses account that the fire begun around 7pm and was caused by electrical fault.
The fire is said to have begun in one of the houses before rapidly spreading to approximately two hundred other houses.
The incident is said to be the 6th in the area in a span of one month.
The County council of Nairobi fire fighters, G4S security group and area residences managed to put off the fire while the affected families began counting their loses.
No death was reported.
FESTUS/MIRYAMME OGUTU