The Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL) has said that the fire outbreaks in Kamwokya Kifumbira zone was a result of fire which gutted one of the houses near their transmission lines making the lines to fall and cause countless damages.
“#fireoutbreak Fire gutted one of the houses in the corridor of Namanve-Kampala North 123kV transmission line, causing the transmission wire to break and fall fatally wounding 2 people in Kifumbira slum, Kamwokya.” UETCL said on Twitter.
On Wednesday at around 7PM in the evening fire blazed Kifumbira Zone Kamwokya along the Northern By pass, destroying a number of properties including houses.
Two persons including a man and a woman whose identities have not yet been established died in the outbreak while several people, including locals and police officers have been injured in the fire.
Police fire brigade arrived at the scene to extinguish the fire but could not easily gain access to the blazing structures as the place is congested with so many buildings and a swamp.
Joseph Mukisa from the police fire and rescue service says several properties such as makeshift houses and a number of property worth millions of shillings were destroyed.
By the time of compiling this report, firefighters from Police Fire Prevention and Rescue Services together with the territorial Police of Kira Road were still working hard to extinguish the fires.
The actual cause of the fire has not yet been established but UETCL has said that unknown fire gutted one of the building in the corridor of Namanve-Kampala North 123kV transmission line, causing the transmission wire to break and fall fatally wounding 2 people.
UETCL added that the incident is being investigated.
