{"id":18010,"date":"2024-02-02T06:42:15","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T06:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/?p=18010"},"modified":"2024-02-02T06:42:15","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T06:42:15","slug":"at-least-two-dead-hundreds-injured-in-kenya-gas-explosion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/2024\/02\/at-least-two-dead-hundreds-injured-in-kenya-gas-explosion\/","title":{"rendered":"At least two dead, hundreds injured in Kenya gas explosion"},"content":{"rendered":"

MONITORING (SW) – At least two people have been killed and hundreds injured after a gas explosion triggered a massive fire in Nairobi, Kenya\u2019s capital.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The fire broke out on Thursday night in the Embakasi neighbourhood, government spokesman Isaac Maigua Mwaura said on social media platform X.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne Lorry [truck] of an unknown registration number that was loaded with gas exploded, igniting a huge ball of fire that spread widely,\u201d he wrote, adding that vehicles, businesses and residential homes had been consumed by the flames.<\/p>\n

\u201cA good number of residents [were] still inside as it was late at night,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Wesley Kimeto, commander in charge of police in Embakasi, was quoted saying on The Standard newspaper\u2019s X account that at least two people had been confirmed dead in the incident.<\/p>\n

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The Kenyan Red Cross said it had taken some 271 people to health facilities around the capital and 27 were treated on site.<\/p>\n

Firefighters were still working to bring the fire under control at about 6:30am local time (03:30 GMT), according to the AFP news agency, and large columns of black smoke were seen rising into the air on the outskirts of the city.<\/p>\n

In his statement, Mwaura added that the area had now \u201cbeen secured, and a command centre is now in place to help coordinate rescue operations and other intervention efforts\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cKenyans are hereby advised to keep off the cordoned area in order to allow the rescue mission to be carried out with minimal disruptions,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

But for nearby residents, the fire has impacted livelihoods and businesses, Al Jazeera reported.<\/p>\n

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