Kasubi Tombs goes up in flames

An Axonometric view of the site. The big hut on the right is the main building known as Muzibu-Azaala-Mpanga. It is the section that was burnt down on Tuesday night. It was built in 1882 by Kabaka Mutesa I. SOURCE: www.kasubitombs.org

Fire engulfed the main building housing the mausoleums of four former Buganda kings (Kabakas), leaving it in ruins.

IN RUINS: This is what was left of the building. Photo by Yusuf Muziransa

The kingdom subjects try to slavage what was left.

Some of the royal regalia that was destroyed in the fire. FILE PHOTO

KABAKA WEEPS: The kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi could not hide the tears as he was taken around the ruins of the cultural heritage where his father is also buried.

Buganda loyalists kneel along the road to welcome the Kabaka

People gather around the ruins

Various religious leaders also visited the site

Later, the army was deployed to calm down crowds of people who tried to block government officials including President Museveni's convoy from accessing the site.

Soldiers faced off with people in a bid to disperse them.

President Museveni arrived at the scene later and toured the ruins. He ordered for an investigation into the fireoutbreak.

A man points a pistol at a group of people.

A man who was shot by soldiers is carried away. The soldiers opened gun fire to disperse the huge crowd of people who had gathered at the site.

This is what welcomed people who tried to access the historical site after it was destoyed by the fire.