Property of unknown value has been destroyed at modern furniture Pacific shop located in Ruiru.
According to witnesses, the fire broke out on Wednesday, 18 December, at around 7 am inside the furniture store before spreading to other sections and burning several pieces of furniture.
Area residents initiated a rescue operation to extinguish the fire. However, the flames quickly spread to other parts of the store.
A team of firefighters from Kiambu County arrived at the scene and put out the fire which had already burnt down a considerable chunk of the building including most furniture.
The furniture shop is owned by a prominent businessman Gibson Murage Gitonga who also owns several other furniture stores across the country.
The cause of the inferno is yet to be established with police officers currently on the scene to assess the incident.
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