What Kampala Needs to Fight Fires.

Byline: Ben Okiror

FIRE Masters, the company that helped the Police to put out the Owino market fire said one of the reasons it took them long to extinguish the raging fire was because there were no hydrants (water points) in the vicinity. The trucks had to keep moving back and forth to the Fire Brigade offices for water.

The managing director, Martin Stokes, said he received a call from the Police at 6:11am and the first truck left their fire station in Kibuli two minutes later, arriving at the scene in less than five minutes. However, with four fire trucks and 24 fire fighters on site, the company was only able to put out the fire about six hours later. …