Property of unknown value has been destroyed following a fire incident in the wee hours of Thursday morning at Gikomba Market.
According to reports the fire broke out in Jua Kali area razing down shedloads of stalls, with traders now calling for a lasting solution to the perennial fires.
Meanwhile, traders and firefighters are at the scene in efforts to put out the inferno.
Over the years, a number of fires have ravaged Gikomba market, East Africa’s largest open market.
In October 2017, the government said that it had laid a Sh19 billion blueprint to construct a multi-storey market where the more than 20,000 Gikomba traders were to be accommodated as well as ensure an end to the frequent fires.
The plan has yet to be implemented.
