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Kenya oil tanker accident kills at least 25 in fire - Red Cross

Published 11/12/2016, 03:07
© Reuters. A motorist drives past the wreckage of a car burnt after a fireball from an tanker engulfed several vehicles and killed several people, near the Rift Valley town of Naivasha, west of Kenya's capital Nairobi

By Anthony Githonga

NAIVASHA, Kenya (Reuters) - A fireball from an oil tanker on one of Kenya's main highways has engulfed several vehicles and killed at least 25 people, a Red Cross official said on Sunday.

"We have so far collected 25 bodies from the scene of the accident after a lorry heading to Uganda lost control and rammed into several vehicles," said Red Cross official Felister Kioko at the scene.

The accident happened late on Saturday night 10 kilometres (six miles) north of the central town of Naivasha.

© Reuters. A motorist drives past the wreckage of a car burnt after a fireball from an tanker engulfed several vehicles and killed several people, near the Rift Valley town of Naivasha, west of Kenya's capital Nairobi

In 2009, more than 100 people burned to death near the central town of Molo after a lorry carrying petrol caught fire.

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