On Monday 12 September, a leaking gasoline pipeline exploded in a densely populated Nairobi slum, Kenya’s capital, causing at least 75 people dead and more than 100 injured. The cause of the fire was not confirmed but one Sinai resident blamed it on a cigarette discarded during the scramble for fuel.
The deadly blast, which occurred in an area known as Sinai lying between Nairobi and the city’s airport, followed a scramble of residents to collect fuel from a pipeline that began leaking on Sunday. Furthermore, when residents arrived to scoop up fuel, flames tore through 300 meters, or about 330 yards of pipeline. According to the officials, the fire erupted around 10 a.m., possibly as a group of people were siphoning fuel from the pipeline in the Sinai slum. Throughout that day, rescue workers fight with the fire to recover bodies, many of them burned beyond recognition. Some 109 people were hospitalized with serious injuries. Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga visited the accident site Monday and said, “It is terrible for people to die this way”, which highlights the poor conditions in the community. In 2009, it was reported that at least 120 people were killed when they were trying to scoop fuel spilled from a crashed petrol tanker in Kenya and it exploded.”
The deadly accident happened in a densely populated Nairobi slum, Kenya’s capital on Monday, September 12, 2011
Kenyan Red Cross personnel cover the bodies of victims after an explosion in Nairobi on Monday in which at least 75 people were killed and over 100 people were sent to hospitals
One body was burnt to a cinder
Firefighters try to put out a fire resulted from the explosion in Nairobi on Sept. 12, 2011
Firefighters and police officers respond at the scene of the intense fire in Nairobi
Joseph Mwangi was in a state of shock after discovering the remains of two of his children in Nairobi
The rescue workers were assisting an injured man
A survivor in tears at the scene of the explosion in Nairobi on Sept. 12, 2011
A person injured in the pipeline incident is taken to Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi on September 12, 2011
The scene of the injured being treated at Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi
75 Dead and Over 100 Hurt in Gasoline Pipeline Blast in Kenya
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75 Dead and Over 100 Injured in Gasoline Pipeline Blast in Kenya
On Monday 12 September, a leaking gasoline pipeline exploded in a densely populated Nairobi slum, Kenya's capital, causing at least 75 people dead and more than 100 injured. The cause of the fire was not confirmed but one Sinai resident blamed it on a cigarette discarded during the scramble for...
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