Gas Explosion in Nairobi Kills at Least Three and Injures More Than 270

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A vehicle loaded with gas exploded and set off an inferno that burned homes and warehouses in Kenya’s capital early Friday, killing at least three people and injuring more than 270, with the death toll expected to rise.

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00:00 [BLANK_AUDIO]
00:10 My God.
00:15 [BLANK_AUDIO]
00:25 [BLANK_AUDIO]
00:35 It happened during the night at around 23, that hours.
00:50 We have the epicenter of the explosion.
00:57 It's a parking yard for the lorries that are loaded with the gas.
01:03 We have around 271 people who are admitted in various hostels in Nairobi.
01:10 With Mamarusing having the bulk, 140 are there.
01:15 The rest of the resident hostels have various numbers.
01:20 21 were treated on site and allowed to go back to their homes.
01:24 We have three fatalities.
01:26 That is a, is that now.
01:30 >> There's still a search going on over whether there are bodies which have been
01:35 burned in various houses.
01:37 And we are asking Kenyans to pray for us.
01:41 This is a time when we are saddened by such an incident.
01:45 It has never occurred before.

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