Fire has gutted warehouses belonging to Madhvani Group of Companies
destroying properties worth millions of shillings. The warehouses are
located at the 5th Street Industrial Area.
Among the warehouses that have been gutted by the fire that started at 12pm, is that of the Joint Medical
Stores.
A team of officers from the Police Fire and Rescue Directorate teamed up with
the employees of the several warehouses to put out the fire, but in vain.
Gilbert Ssebahabo, an employee at one of the warehouse says police’s efforts
to extinguish the fire were being hampered by lack of access to the
warehouse.
According to Ssebahabo, the fire started from one of the warehouses
where Television sets are stored before spreading to the other warehouses.
The other warehouses that have been affected are those used by Keshwala
Group Distributors, Sawan Distributors and AJP Printing Services among
others.
Bildard Baguma, the Executive Director of Joint Medical Stores,
says that the fire started from a neighboring warehouse where some people were
welding. He says that the sparks from the welding could have ignited the fire.
According to Baguma, they are yet to establish the extent of damage of their property which includes, hospital beds, intensive care unit beds and reproductive health products.
Mugisha James
Freelancer