"We lost everything": Tanzania’s Tanga traders appeal to govt after devastating fire

Tanga. Long-term investments and business property turned to ashes on Saturday night after a major fire broke out along Twelfth Street in Tanga City, destroying 12 shops and leaving owners without capital or inventory.

A fire engine on Twelfth Street in Tanga City works to extinguish the blaze on Saturday, August 15, 2026. PHOTO| MBONEA HERMAN

Among the affected traders is, a former councillor for Tanga Region between 2020 and 2025, Mr Godiasi Kimati, who recounted a journey of over two decades rebuilding his life after relocating from Kilimanjaro in the late 1990s.

"We lost everything": Tanzania’s Tanga traders appeal to govt after devastating fire

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