Mountain View: Gov't Car Bursts Into Flames On Waiyaki Way

• No fatalities nor injuries were reported in the incident near Kangemi on Saturday afternoon, September 14
• The vehicle with government number plates was headed for Gilgil when the driver learned of smoke emanating from the engine
• He parked by the road before it ignited; the remains were towed to the Kabete Police Station as officers began their probe

Kai Eli, a journalist at TUKO.co.ke, brings more than three years of experience covering politics and current affairs in Kenya.

Nairobi: There was a scare at Mountain View after a government vehicle burst into flames.

Police preliminarily established that the car belonging to the Anti-Stock Theft Unit (ASTU) was on its way to Nakuru when it went up in flames on Waiyaki Way.

How car burst into flames on Waiyaki Way

The only occupant managed to come out as the flames intensified on Waiyaki Way near Kangemi.

According to police, the driver learned of smoke emanating from the bonnet, prompting him to park on the side.

It ignited after he had disembarked.

The fire became full-blown, catching the attention of passerby civilians who gathered to have a glimpse.

Police showed up immediately, barring the onlookers from making away with the remains after the vehicle was completely charred.

It took the intervention of the Nairobi county firefighters to quell the fire.

However, at the time of their arrival, the vehicle had remained a shell of its former self.

The wreckage was pulled beside the road to open up traffic that had started building up; it was later towed to the Kabete Police Station.

The cause of the fire was not established immediately even as the probe started.

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TUKO.co.ke reported a similar incident in August this year.

Who Mombasa-bound bus burst into flames

A bus ferrying passengers from Nairobi to Mombasa was reduced to ashes.

The passenger vehicle belonging to the Coast Bus Company was full of passengers, when it burst into flames at a spot in Mtito Andei along the Nairobi-Mombasa Highway.

Luckily, all the passengers were safely evacuated from the burning bus, with no injuries recorded.

After evacuation, the passengers were transferred to a rescue bus and continued their journey to Mombasa, where they reached safely.

Reports indicated that the flames were caused by brake fluid at the rear wheel.

The bus company remained mum about the incident.

This came months after Kenyans sympathised with a motorist who watched helplessly as his vehicle went up in flames on Thika Road.

The unidentified man was spotted sitting on a stone a few feet away from his burning vehicle, his head cradled in his hands in a gesture of disbelief.

Proofreading by Mercy Nyambura Guthua, journalist and copy editor at TUKO.co.ke.