Property of unknown value has been gutted down by a fire outbreak at Kikuyu town near a footbridge along the Southern Bypass in Nairobi.

The fire broke out Friday afternoon and is still raging by the time of publishing this article.

The cause of the fire is yet to be established, even as residents accused fire and emergency responders of taking too long to respond to the incident despite them reaching out to them.

In a live feed of the fire on TikTok, a witness can be heard telling CNN journalist Larry Madowo that it took emergency responders 40 minutes to arrive at the scene.

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