Three killed, more than 270 injured in massive gas explosion in Kenyan capital • FRANCE 24 English
The lat us Let’s cross live now to Nairobi where our correspondent Olivia bizo is standing by for us Olivia tell us what exactly we know about this Blaze at this stage yes hello so when I was walking to the office this morning all I could hear anyone talking about here in Nairobi was
This explosion that took place overnight but there is still a huge amount of uncertainty and confusion over what exactly happened so let’s start with what we know for sure we know that an explosion took place in the Ember Cassie neighborhood of Nairobi just before midnight on Thursday we also know that a
Handful of people have now been killed and hundreds have been injured and I’ve been told that those numbers are going up as we speak uh all the people living in the area and the nearby area have been forced to leave their homes and they’ve been told not to return because
Of the danger and the choking fumes um now people have been posting a a huge amount of photos and videos on social media that really show the immensity of this explosion uh but but officials have been kind of confusing about what exactly caused this fire initially a government spokesman said that the fire
Was caused by a company replacing the gas cylinders but that caused an uproar here in Kenya as people said that government officials hadn’t uh enforced the the enough and there had in the past that County officials had been taking bribes in order to overlook government and city regulations and rules but then
The the government said that that isn’t actually what happened that it wasn’t caused by this company replacing gas cylinders but that the fire was actually caused by a l loaded uh with gas that exploded one thing is sure amid all of this confusion and that’s that Kenyans
Want answers so we’ll have to see how this story develops and definitely keep an eye on it throughout the day Olivia fette thank you that is our correspondent in Nairobi Olivia Vio in the world news Kar
At least three people were killed and more than 270 injured in a massive fire when a truck laden with gas exploded in the Kenyan capital, police said Friday.
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14 comments
To the affected, poleni sana
This is what i call impunity who authored this gas refilling station to be near resident area the county government should take responsibility of this
Corruption brought us here 😢
It was a gas explosion not a bomb😢
What's wrong with fires in kenya????!!!!
😂😂😂😊
When there is no answer from govment, no explanaashun, it be witchcraaft!
There has never been answers in kenya😢😢😢😢😢😢😢.Even soldiers who died in El adde, somalia, were buried and forgotten!!!!!! only GOD can help Kenyans….
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Call RUTO to answer question pls
Oh my God 😭😭😭 Praying for the victims.
So sad this sucks😢
The level of corruption in Kenya is just too high why on earth would anyone allow a gas refilling plant in the vicinity of residential area?There are no rule of low in Kenya it only applies to the poor but the rich will get away with anything in this nation
Corruption😢😢😢😢😢