A charcoal supplier in Trans Nzoia county is lucky to be alive after surviving a fire incident when he was transporting bags of charcoal.
The business man, who was only identified as Makaa, was transporting 8 bags of charcoal on a motorcycle on Wednesday when one of the bags burst into flames at Matisi area along Kitale-Endebess road.
Locals who witnessed the incident rushed to rescue the middle aged man and also put out the fire that was spreading.
Joseph Wanyonyi, a local, said that they stopped the businessman when they saw smoke coming from his motorcycle in a bid to establish what was transpiring.
“At first when we saw the smoke, we thought he was cooking while riding but on a close observation, we realized that his luggage had caught fire posing a huge risk to his life,” Wanyonyi said.
“Imagine what could have happened if this incident happened in a place where there are no people?” another eyewitness, Mwangi Gitonga posed.
Giitonga further called upon charcoal traders to be careful as such incidents endanger their lives.
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