Kenya: At least two dead, over 200 injured in gas explosion fire
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- A gas explosion in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, caused a fire that resulted in two deaths and over 200 injuries, according to authorities on Friday.
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At least two people were killed, and more than 200 were injured in a massive fire caused by a gas truck explosion in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, a government spokesman said on Friday. (AP)
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Medical responders tend to an injured man as others queue for aid next to an ambulance following a series of explosions in the Embakasi area of Nairobi, Kenya.(AFP)
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The explosion took place in Nairobi's Embakasi neighborhood, southeast of the capital, just before midnight at a gas refilling company. Government spokesperson Isaac Mwaura reported on social media platform X that the building was badly damaged. (AFP)
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At least 30 people have been transferred to different hospitals, according to the Kenya Red Cross, after explosions rocked an industrial and residential area of the Kenyan capital.(AFP)
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"As a result, two fellow Kenyans have regrettably lost their lives while being attended to at the Nairobi West Hospital," Mwaura said in the statement, adding 222 people were injured in the incident. (AFP)
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The Kenyan Red Cross stated that various emergency units had admitted 271 individuals to hospitals in Nairobi. (AFP)
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Images broadcast by local media showed a huge fireball close to several homes during the incident.(AP)
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