Three minors were killed on Wednesday night after fire gutted eight houses at Gituamba, Gitaru in Kiambu county.
Witnesses said the children aged eight months, four and six years were discovered by neighbours after the fire was extinguished.
The inferno, which broke out at around 8.30pm, swept through rental houses made of timber and corrugated iron sheets, reducing them to ashes and leaving a trail of grief in its wake.
Neigbhours told The Standard that the parents locked the children in the house at night and went out to look for work.
