While no life was lost, the disaster left behind “the depressing spectacle" of the ruins of a house which firemen had tried in vain to salvage in three hours. 
Wakati hakuna maisha yaliyopotea, janga hilo liliacha “sura ya kusikitisha” ya mabaki ya nyumba ambayo wazima moto walijaribu bila mafanikio kuyaokoa kwa masaa matatu.