A woman aged 30 and her three-year-old son died in a fire incident in the Mwiki area, Kasarani, Nairobi.
Police said the incident happened on
Saturday, October 25, 2025, in the morning. The two succumbed in hospital, where
they had been rushed, police said.
The fire had broken out on the fourth
floor of an apartment, prompting the neighbors to raise an alarm.
The mother, identified as Mary Wambui Wanjiru and her son were in the house.
The neighbours rushed to their rescue and managed to contain the spread of the fire before rushing them to the hospital where they were pronounced dead on arrival.
Police said they had suffocated after inhaling carbon monoxide from the fire.
The cause of the fire was not
immediately established. The bodies were moved to the mortuary pending an
autopsy and other procedures, police said.
A team of experts visited the scene on
Sunday as part of the probe into the tragedy.
In Nyamira’s Matongo area, one Samuel Mongare, 57 was killed in a fire incident. The fire burnt down his house in the village, police said.
The police said the cause of the fire was not immediately known.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy. It
is not clear if the fire was caused by arsonists, police said adding they are
investigating the tragedy.
In the Sekenani area, Narok County, a four-year-old boy drowned
in a water tank as he played with his friends.
The boy was playing with his friends when he slipped into the tank that was full of water and drowned therein.
The body was retrieved
from the tank and taken to the mortuary pending autopsy and other procedures,
police said.
In Kapsabet, Nandi County, one Khadija Vuhunji King’ashi,
60 was found dead in her house after a suspected murder.
The body did not have any injuries when it was discovered in the house, police said as they moved it to the mortuary pending an autopsy and other procedures.
Meanwhile, a man was seriously injured after
being struck by lightning in Nandi Hills, Nandi County.
The man was plucking tea at a
plantation while it drizzled and as he listened to a radio on his headphones.
He sustained serious injuries and was
rushed to the hospital, where he was admitted in stable condition, police said of
the Saturday incident.
Such strikes have been on the rise in the area amid calls for caution among locals.
