A trader counting losses has revealed little-known details about a fire incident on the morning of Sunday, May 18, which destroyed goods worth hundreds of thousands.
The inferno broke out at around 3am, razing several stalls in the footwear section adjacent to Lamu Road in Pumwani, Majengo.
While speaking to the media in the aftermath of the fire, one trader, who was arguably the hardest hit by the fire, revealed that the fire broke out in the storage area, where most of their goods are stored for the night before release in the morning to wholesalers and retailers.
The distressed trader further blamed the adverse effects of the fire on the slow response from the fire department, with locals being forced to improvise before rescue arrived.
