{"id":102796,"date":"2024-11-20T09:03:19","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T09:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/11\/20\/7-killed-dozens-displaced-in-nairobis-majengo-slums-fire\/"},"modified":"2024-11-20T09:03:19","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T09:03:19","slug":"7-killed-dozens-displaced-in-nairobis-majengo-slums-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/7-killed-dozens-displaced-in-nairobis-majengo-slums-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Killed, Dozens Displaced in Nairobi\u2019s Majengo Slums Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya Nov 20 \u2013 Seven people, including three family members, perished in a fire that broke out in Majengo slums, Nairobi on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Police say the fire also left 10 others injured.<\/p>\n<p>Over 50 houses were destroyed, leaving dozens of families homeless.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are continuing to assist the affected families and support search efforts. Our teams remain on the ground to help with recovery and provide relief,\u201d the Kenya Red Cross said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the fire was not immediately determined but police said an investigation had been launched.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are investigating the cause of the fire for now we don\u2019t know the cause,\u201d said Nairobi police chief Adamson Bungei.<\/p>\n<p>Fire outbreaks are common in informal settlements in Nairobi, mainly blamed on electrical faults or arson.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya Nov 20 \u2013 Seven people, including three family members, perished in a fire that broke out in Majengo slums, Nairobi on Tuesday night. Police say the fire also left 10 others injured. Over 50 houses were destroyed, leaving dozens of families homeless. \u201cWe are continuing to assist the affected families and support search [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102796\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}