A fire in Mwea West sub-county, Kirinyaga County, has damaged property worth over ksh 400000.
A witness said the fire started at around 6 pm on Tuesday and spread rapidly. It took the villagers a while to put out the blaze due to a lack of sufficient water because of the ongoing drought facing the country.
"Our rivers have dried up due to the prolonged dry spell and we had to helplessly look at the fire razing hay," Njeri said. Another witness said that the fire reduced their hay into ashes.
Police officers from the Kiandegwa police post have launched an investigation to determine the exact cause of the fire. The firefighter who arrived at the scene at 7;30 said that they arrived late at the location of the fire because they were tackling another fire at Kiangai in Ndia constituency.
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Residents are asking the county government of Kirinyaga to ensure that they build fire stations in every ward to ensure that an incident like this never happens again.
In other news, an 85-year-old woman has been killed in an alligator attack in Florida. Gloria Serge was walking her dog along the pond's shores when the alligator tried to attack the dog.
She was knocked over, and the alligator dragged her into the pond by her foot. The report goes on to state that Serge was pulled into deeper water and died due to the incident, adding that The alligator, which was approximately 10 feet long, was caught and euthanized.
The small dog survived the attack. According to the fish and wildlife commission, the woman was found, and a contracted nuisance alligator trapper captured the alligator involved in the incident.
Alligator attacks are widespread in Florida, and the state has recorded over 300 alligator attacks in the last several decades
