Several people are feared to be trapped in residential houses after a fire erupted in the Kangemi area of Nairobi on Thursday, August 13, 2026.
In an image seen by Whisperswire, massive fire and smoke are snaking through the structures in the area, said to be behind Posta at Kangemi Shopping Centre along Waiyaki Way.
Reports indicate that neither the cause of the fire has been established nor have casualties been confirmed.
According to reports, County fire response teams arrived at the scene and are fighting the inferno that has threatened to spread.
The fire torched part of the Kangemi Informal Settlement, one of Nairobi’s largest urban settlements, situated in a valley between high-end estates like Mountain View.
The vast majority are semi-permanent corrugated iron sheet shacks (mabati) built over wooden framing or mud walls.
Most structures are built on private ancestral lands owned by the indigenous community, who act as landlords renting out the small individual rooms to low-income tenants.
