Property of unknown value was destroyed on Monday night after a fire broke out at a residential building in Kericho town near the National Bank office.
According to witnesses, the fire broke out at around midnight inside one of the houses before it rapidly escalated to other structures, razing 19 houses.
While confirming the incident, the Kenya Red Cross Society announced that it had dispatched a rescue team to the scene and that one person had been rescued. "A fire has broken out at a residential area near National Bank in Kericho County.
Efforts to contain it are currently underway," the Kenya Red Cross disclosed.
