Kitui Village: Woman painfully tells how her husband watches three children die in a fire incident

Amos Khaemba, journalist at TUKO.co.ke, has more than three years of experience in reporting politics and current affairs in Kenya.

Nairobi – Several families are plunged into mourning after six people died in a deadly fire incident in Kamukunji constituency.

How many people died in a village fire in Kitui

The devastating fire ripped through Kitui village in Majengo on Tuesday, November 19, killing six people and leaving more than a hundred families homeless.

Metrine Muhonja is among the families who lost their loved ones after the death of her husband and their two children.

Speaking to Eastleigh Voice, Munjoja narrated how the fire broke out around 7pm before spreading.

Muhonja painfully recalled how she stepped outside to get clothes from the line when she saw flames.

The devastated woman said she tried to re-enter the house to save her husband and children, but her neighbors stopped her.

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“When I came back, I went outside to take off clothes, the fire was too intense. I tried to get into the house to save my family, but I couldn’t.

“They were all sleeping inside, and my husband was spelling while holding the children. One was six years old, another four years old and the last born one year old,” Muhonja painfully recounted.

Unable to enter her home and save her family, she watched helplessly as the fire consumed everything. The bodies of her loved ones have now been recovered.

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Source: TUKO.co.ke