(2 Mar 2004)
1. Various, exteriors City Hall
2. Firefighter directing people
3. Firefighters on street
4. Firefighters inside building
5. Smoldering wreckage
6. Firefighters amid wreckage
7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Francis Atwoli, Secretary General of Labour Union:
"(Q: Who do you hold responsible?) The Minster for Local Government, the Mayor, Deputy, Town Clerk. The four should be arrested immediately. (Q: Why?) Because they didn't take action. We say the Council should be dissolved. There is corruption here. They have now burnt all records."
6. Various, fire engines and firefighters on street
STORYLINE:
A fire gutted an entire floor of Nairobi's city hall early on Tuesday and destroyed old and recent engineering plans for Nairobi's roads and other infrastructure.
No one was injured in the fire that started at 2 a.m. (2300 GMT Monday).
The fire started in the middle of the third floor and destroyed a public meeting hall in addition to the chamber where councillors hold meetings.
Francis Atwoli, Secretary General of Kenya's Labour Union, blamed senior city officials for the fire.
Deputy Mayor Lawrence Ngacha said the cause of the fire had not been discovered.
Firefighters took several hours to put out most of the fire.
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