A Barclays Bank caught fire and got burnt before fire fighters came into the rescue.
The Muranga Barclays Bank branch is said to have caught fire shortly before 1pm and a smoke was billowing from inside the bank.
This comes hot on the heels of an incident where over Sh2 billion in “fake” foreign currency was nabbed in Nairobi’s Queensway Barclays branch on allegations of money laundering.
Detectives questioned the Bank’s management and also arrested the suspects behind the conspiracy.
Mrs Joyce Joyce Macharia who works at an adjacent law firm near the bank said together with her colleagues, they had to vacate the premises fearing their own safety.
Joyce noted that the smoke had a foul smell, and that they were forced to shut down their offices and move to a safer place.
was in the office when we noticed a foul smell and after it persisted, I switched off the electricity and came out of the office, i later learnt that the smoke was coming from the bank,” she said.