A couple and their two children have been burnt to death after a fire razed down their house in South Imenti ,Meru county.
The couple and their two children were sleeping when the fire broke out at 4a.m in the morning. Mr Eric Guantai, 41, his wife Caroline Gakii, 36, and their two boys Masters Tony Mwenda, 12, and Christian Karani were burnt beyond recognition when their house made of timber caught fire.
Relatives and neighbors tried to put out the fire but were unable to. The four bodies wwere found bundle up together in one room.
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“We tried to put it out using water but it was too fierce fuelled by the wind. By the time we retrieved them, they had died,” said a relative to the deceased.
The bodies were moved to Consolata Mission Hospital Mortuary.
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