Incident occurred within the Embakasi district of Nairobi late on Thursday night time and firefighters have been nonetheless making an attempt to douse the flames at daybreak.
Not less than two folks have been killed and tons of injured after a fuel explosion triggered an enormous hearth in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital.
The hearth broke out on Thursday night time within the Embakasi neighbourhood, authorities spokesman Isaac Maigua Mwaura stated on social media platform X.
“One Lorry [truck] of an unknown registration number that was loaded with gas exploded, igniting a huge ball of fire that spread widely,” he wrote, including that autos, companies and residential houses had been consumed by the flames.
“A good number of residents [were] still inside as it was late at night,” he stated.
Wesley Kimeto, commander accountable for police in Embakasi, was quoted saying on The Commonplace newspaper’s X account that not less than two folks had been confirmed lifeless within the incident.
The Kenyan Pink Cross stated it had taken some 271 folks to well being amenities across the capital and 27 have been handled on web site.
Firefighters have been nonetheless working to deliver the hearth beneath management at about 6:30am native time (03:30 GMT), in response to the AFP information company, and enormous columns of black smoke have been seen rising into the air on the outskirts of town.