Police in Masaka City are investigating the circumstances under which fire burned down Masaka’s biggest nightclub, Club Ambiance, where property worth billions of shillings went up in flames causing damage that left some unemployeed.
Eyewitnesses claim that the fire started at Club Ambiance building at around 3 AM today and quickly consumed nearly everything in the structure.
Everything that makes up a club was reduced to ashes and theories about what started the fire point to electricity.
Although the Ugandan police arrived at the scene in time to make an attempt to put out the fire, they were short on water.
Mr Adad Bukenya, who has worked as DJ at Club Ambiance for two decades suspects the blaze could be the work of arsonists.
“I have worked at Ambiance for 20 years, I know everything here. We have a power stabilizer, I cannot take the narrative that this was a result of an electrical short circuit. We ask the police to use the available CCTV cameras and get to the bottom of this,” he said.
Mr Bukenya said the fire destroyed expensive items like; sound systems, amplifiers, lights, soundproof, carpets, fridges, and large TV screens among others.
The total loss is estimated at Shs4 billion, according to Mr Bukenya.
