{"id":85009,"date":"2024-08-30T07:03:39","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T07:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/08\/30\/2-children-burnt-to-death-in-nairobis-umoja-3-estate-fire\/"},"modified":"2024-08-30T07:03:39","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T07:03:39","slug":"2-children-burnt-to-death-in-nairobis-umoja-3-estate-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/2-children-burnt-to-death-in-nairobis-umoja-3-estate-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Children Burnt to Death in Nairobi\u2019s Umoja 3 Estate Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 30<\/strong> \u2013 Two children lost their lives on Thursday night after a fire broke out at a residential block in Umoja 3 estate, Nairobi.<\/p>\n<p>According to witnesses, the fire started around 9 p.m. in one of the houses and quickly spread to neighbouring units. <\/p>\n<p>The children aged 4 to 5 years were reportedly alone in their home when the blaze erupted, and rescuers were unable to reach them in time.<\/p>\n<p>The fire left dozens of residents homeless as their homes and belongings were destroyed. Several shops and other businesses in the affected buildings were also damaged.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2024\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-30-at-09.09.01.jpeg\"><\/a>The aftermath of fire that razed houses in Umoja 3 estate in Nairobi on August 29, 2024, killing at least two children. \/Photo-PURITY WANGECHI<\/p>\n<p>Fire incidents are common in Nairobi, with hardly two weeks going by without a fire at a residential house or market. <\/p>\n<p>Last month, a fire destroyed Toi Market, leaving traders with massive losses. <\/p>\n<p>Similar incidents have occurred in Gikomba and other markets, with investigations often pointing to either an electrical fault or conspiracy by rival traders. <\/p>\n<p>Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has pledged to support the affected traders.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 30 \u2013 Two children lost their lives on Thursday night after a fire broke out at a residential block in Umoja 3 estate, Nairobi. According to witnesses, the fire started around 9 p.m. in one of the houses and quickly spread to neighbouring units. The children aged 4 to 5 years were [&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-85009","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\/85009","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=85009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85009\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}