NAIROBI, 2nd February, 2024 (WAM) -- A vehicle loaded with gas exploded and set off an inferno that burned homes and warehouses in Kenya’s capital early Friday, injuring more than 270 people and killing at least three with the toll expected to rise, Associated Press (AP) reported.
A number of residents were likely inside their homes when the fire reached their houses late in the night, government spokesman Isaac Mwaura said.
Several other vehicles and businesses were damaged by the inferno that started around 23:30 Thursday in the Mradi area of the Nairobi neighbourhood of Embakasi.