Three boys aged between two and five were killed in a fire incident in Nairobi’s South C area.
The incident happened on Thursday morning at an apartment on the first floor of the building along Ole Shapara Road, police said.
Police arrived at the scene and established that the fire had broken out from the first floor of Huda Apartment killing the three young siblings.
Fire engines from the County government arrived at the scene and together with locals managed to contain the fire. But it had caused much damage.
Two teenage girls and three boys aged between two and five were rescued and rushed to the hospital in the area. Nairobi police boss George Seda said the boys were pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital.
They had suffocated. The girls were admitted in the ICU. The cause of the 1 am fire incident is yet to be known, police said adding experts are investigating the same.
The bodies were moved to the mortuary pending other procedures.
This comes days after a couple was killed in a similar fire incident on the fourth floor of an apartment in Kawangware, Nairobi.
The Sunday morning fire broke out on the fourth floor of a four-storey building, police and witnesses said. Fire engines arrived there minutes later and helped to contain the spread of the fire that broke out Sunday at about 2 am.
There have been deadly fire incidents in the city in the past months.
In May, 2025 separate fire incidents killed at least 15 people in Nairobi’s informal settlements of Kibera, Mukuru Kwa Njenga and Mathare slums – some of the largest slums in Nairobi.
Nairobi regional commissioner Katee Mwanza wants communities in informal settlements to implement basic fire safety measures as part of efforts to contain tragedies linked to outbreaks.
Mwanza said the government is prioritising early warning systems, community training and enhanced coordination with counties to strengthen disaster risk reduction and mitigation.
“We urge all community members to remain vigilant, report hazards promptly and work with local authorities in implementing basic fire safety measures,” Mwanza said.
“The government remains committed to safeguarding lives and property, including instituting safety measures aimed at forestalling cases of fires in the future.”
In one incident, a fire in Mathare 4B, claimed the lives of six individuals – four Kenyans and two Ugandan nationals – while several others sustained injuries.
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