Residents left homeless as fire razes down houses in Kangemi

Hundreds of residents of Dam village in Nairobi’s Kangemi area were forced to sleep in the cold on Tuesday night after a fire razed down their houses.

The fire destroyed property of unknown value and several people were injured in the night inferno.

The cause of the fire was not immediately established even as residents suspected foul play.

A victim who did not want to be named told PD Online that the fire must have been started by someone because the land where the fire began is under dispute.

"We are living in fear because these people can even burn us at night," thr victim said.

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