[VIDEO] Gikomba market fire cause hundreds jobless as Millions worth good destroyed

Gikomba Market on fire. FILE

Goods worth Millions razed by an inferno at Gikomba Market. Traders count losses after fire broke-up at the middle of the night.

The Government has sent Interior Ps Karanja Kibicho and his team to investigate the cause. A team from Kenya Power has also been sent to help in finding the solutions.

A section of Nairobi’s Gikomba market burned to ashes, leading to losses amounting to millions of shillings.

Traders said the fire broke out at 2 am Thursday.

Nairobi County emergency response teams were by 10 am still battling the fire that consumed cereals, second-hand clothes and other items.

Their efforts were complemented by a military chopper helped put out the remaining flames as stall owners scavenged through what remained of their goods in an attempt to salvage whatever they could.