Their is a fire karma going on in Kenya threatening precious lives. Soon after the Kangemi fire Gikomba suffered another big scare that drove Kenyans mad over the unresolved repeated fires on the million dollar second hand clothes and items market empire.
Now following the famous swahili dishes hotel fire tragedy too is the Beach resort inferno which has given quite a scare.
Cabinet Secretary for Devolution Eugene Wamalwa was among the lucky ones evacuated during the Leopard Beach Resort inferno that razed down the facility.
The fire which started last night burnt five blocks of the hotel, each with 20 rooms. The CS was one of the guests in the facility, and was transferred to the neighbouring Almanara Resort in Diani.
All the guests are reported to have been evacuated safely, with no casualties reported.However, it is reported that several guests lost their travelling documents.
Unconfirmed reports indicated that the fire was caused by fireworks during a Hindu wedding celebration at the facility.Investigations are on going over the incident.
The fireworks reportedly fell on a ‘makuti’-thatched cottage before spreading so fast to other structures.