[PHOTOS] Shops closed as police prevent looting after fire broke out in Nairobi building

Businesses along Luthuli Avenue remained closed on Wednesday morning as police maintained a presence to prevent looting following a fire that broke out at one of the buildings on Tuesday.

The blaze, which engulfed a building housing several electronics shops, brought normal operations along the busy Nairobi CBD street to a standstill.

                             Shops at Luthuli Avenue closed as police hold back crowds that had begun looting shops after a fire broke out at one of the buildings /JACKTONE LAWI

On Wednesday, firefighters managed to rescue some of the property.

A huge crowd gathered at the scene where the fire already destroyed a considerable part of the building. 

The cause of the fire has not yet been established.

                   Police hold back crowds that had begun looting shops after a fire broke out at one of the buildings /JACKTONE LAWI

                             Police hold back crowds that had begun looting shops after a fire broke out at one of the buildings /JACKTONE LAWI

                Shops at Luthuli Avenue closed as police hold back crowds that had begun looting shops after a fire broke out at one of the buildings /JACKTONE LAWI

                                                                       Firefighters remove some of the property that had survived the fire / JACKTONE LAWI