Ngimari village in Embu County is in mourning after a fire razed down a three-bedroom house killing seven people.
In the incident that occurred on the night of Saturday, October 1, 2022, police say, the victims, a father, a mother, two daughters, a son and two grandchildren who were in the house at that time, were burnt beyond recognition.
Investigations into the cause of the fire are underway.
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Similar incidents
The latest incident comes barely weeks after a spate of fire incidents witnessed across different households.
In the first incident, a 35-year-old man in Kikuyu area of Kiambu was burnt beyond recognition on the evening of Saturday, September 10, 2022, after a fire broke in his house while he was asleep.
According to police, the deceased identified as Michael Ngugi who lived alone arrived home while drunk and went to sleep.
Later, the fire broke out and attempts to put it off proved futile.
"35-year-old Ngugi is reported to have got back to his home while appearing drunk and went to sleep. The fire broke out in his house and attempts to put it off were futile where he got burnt inside beyond recognition," the police report stated.
Police suspected the fire was caused by a candle. The body was moved to PCEA Kikuyu morgue awaiting an autopsy.
Baby severely burnt
In a separate incident, a one-year-old baby was on Tuesday, September 27, 2022, severely burnt after the mattress in the Mwiki apartment where the toddler was left caught fire while the mother was away at the market.
The child was saved by other tenants who rushed her to Mama Lucy hospital since the mother was not yet back at the time.
“One of the tenants informed me that a mattress in one of the houses had caught fire and a one-year-old child who was in the house severely burnt. The child whose mother had gone to the market was rescued by the tenants and rushed to the hospital,” the caretaker told the police.
The baby was later referred to Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) where she is currently receiving treatment.
Police launched investigations to establish the cause of the fire.
