Fire Burns to Ashes Masai Bar and Hotel in Diani

A huge inferno broke out and damaged Masai bar and hotel in Diani, Kwale County on Friday night.

It is reported that the fire destroyed rooms and a bunch of equipment.

According to Msambweni divisional police commander Joseph Chebusit, the fire started in one of the rooms in the hotel section.

He revealed that the bar side was most affected, according to a preliminary assessment.

Chebusit, however, stated that they were yet to establish the cause of the fire, adding that fighter fighters had put it out.

Elsewhere on February 10, a fire broke out at Leopard Beach Hotel in Diani, Kwale County.

The fire spread to two neighbouring cottages destroying property worth millions of shillings, including six blocks of houses with 209 rooms. 200 guests were successfully evacuated.

Authorities believed that the fire was sparked from fireworks on a makuti-thatched cottage during a wedding celebration.

In 2012, another inferno broke out at the same premises and fortunately, no injuries were reported.

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