<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishMsiba huo ulisababisha serikali kuanza mpango wa dharura wa ujenzi wa nyumba za umma; majengo mapya ya ghorofa ya ghorofa yalijenga paa za bei nafuu na zisizoweza kuwaka moto juu ya mamia ya maelfu ya vichwa.  <response>: The calamity spurred the government to launch an emergency program of public-housing construction; spartan new blocks of apartments put cheap and fireproof roofs over hundreds of thousands of heads. 