Residents of Bulapesa area in Isiolo town woke up to the shocking news that a woman and her four children had been burnt alive in their home.

The fire which started at midnight of July 15, 2025, destroyed the house completely leaving no survivors and property worth millions.

Tension began spreading after it was realized that the incident was no accident, the suspected arsonist, a woman is said to have been on a revenge mission in a suspected love triangle.

Angry residents hunted the suspect down, killed her and burnt her house, just a few hundred meters away from the Bulapesa cemetery.

Abdi Duba, a relative , said the family and neighbors made efforts to fight the flames but it was too much for them to deal with, and the firefighting teams were not available to intervene.

Calls for peace and reduced tensions was the first action that the elders from the area had to do.

Confirming the incident, Abdi Dida, the area chief said that quick action had been taken to protect the children of the suspect who were at the school after rumours started spreading that some youths were planning to harm them.

Dida called for restraint among the youth and the general public to give room for authorities to do their work, a call that came too late with the body of the suspect burning to ashes.

Omar Gadana, another respected elder, called for calm, restraint and explained that nothing like that had been witnessed in Isiolo.