Kenya bleeds again: 110 people feared dead in yet another fire

POLITICS. .

More than 110 people were yesterday night burnt to death when a fuel tanker from which they were siphoning off petrol burst into flames near Molo town in northwest Kenya, at least 117 others sustained deadly burns in the explosion that took place on the Nakuru-Eldoret highway.

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Traffic jam built up on both sides of the highway as police blocked off vehicles a good number of motorcycles and two vehicles also caught fire in the scene as the owners were trying to refill there engines at a zero cost.

Some people say the fire was started deliberately by a man who had been annoyed by one of the policemen who were on site.

Among the injured were police officers who had rushed to the scene after the petrol tanker tipped over to control the public.

This tragedy comes only a few days after the Nakumatt super maket (at the center of the Capital city) inferno that has claimed more than forty lives and still counting.

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