Property destroyed after fire breaks out at KBC

Property of an unknown value was destroyed on Monday morning after a fire broke out at the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) headquarters along Harry Thuku Road in Nairobi.

According to the broadcaster’s management, the inferno which started at around 5:40am tore down the canteen, which is a stand-alone structure. 

KBC’s acting Managing Director Samuel Maina told Citizen Digital that a combined team of firefighters from GSU and the G4s responded to the incident and put out the fire by 7:30 am. 

Although the wooden structure was razed down, no casualties were reported.

“Normal broadcast operations were not disrupted as the fire did not touch the broadcasting house, the canteen is separate from the building housing the studio,” said Mr. Maina.

“We had to evacuate all staff first, including presenters, but once the fire was contained, they resumed work,” he added.