{"id":15014,"date":"2024-02-02T12:47:26","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T12:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/02\/huge-gas-explosion-and-fire-kills-at-least-3-injures-hundreds-in-kenyan-capital\/"},"modified":"2024-02-02T12:47:26","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T12:47:26","slug":"huge-gas-explosion-and-fire-kills-at-least-3-injures-hundreds-in-kenyan-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/02\/huge-gas-explosion-and-fire-kills-at-least-3-injures-hundreds-in-kenyan-capital\/","title":{"rendered":"Huge gas explosion and fire\u00a0kills at least 3, injures hundreds in Kenyan capital"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            A gas explosion\u00a0at an unlicensed cooking gas filling plant in Kenya\u2019s capital on Thursday night killed at least three people and injured 280 others, according to authorities in the East African country.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            The blaze started when a truck carrying gas blew up in Nairobi\u2019s Embakasi district at about 11:30 p.m. local time, \u201cigniting a huge ball of fire that spread widely,\u201d government spokesperson Isaac Maigua Mwaura said in a social media post.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            Residential buildings, businesses and cars were damaged in the blast and subsequent inferno, Mwaura said.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            \u201cAs a result, three fellow Kenyans [\u2026] have regrettably lost their lives while being attended [to] at the Nairobi West Hospital,\u201d Mwaura said.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            \u201cIn addition, by now, 280 other fellow Kenyans were injured by the fire and have since been rushed to various hospitals,\u201d he added.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            \u201cPsychosocial counselling is being offered to victims who have experienced trauma.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            One survivor described how he fled desperately from the scene. \u201cThe fire caught up with me from almost one kilometer away as I was escaping,\u201d Edwin Machio told Reuters.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            \u201cThe flames from the explosion knocked me down and burnt me on my neck,\u201d he added, showing the Reuters reporter his injuries.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            The Kenya Red Cross said it had evacuated 271 people to hospitals around Nairobi and was \u201ctirelessly battling the flames\u201d alongside other agencies.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            A command center has been set up at the scene to coordinate rescue operations and other intervention efforts, spokesperson Mwaura said, adding the scene was now secured.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            \u201cKenyans are hereby advised to keep off the cordoned area in order to allow the rescue mission to be carried out (with) minimal disruptions,\u201d he said.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            Kenya\u2019s Energy and Petroleum Regulation Authority (EPRA) said Friday that the explosion occurred at an unlicensed cooking gas filling plant.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            The EPRA said it had received applications for construction permits for a Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) storage and filling plant at the site in March, June and July in 2023, but all applications were rejected as they did not meet the criteria for a plant in that area.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            The applications were rejected due to a \u201cfailure of the designs to meet the safety distances stipulated in the Kenya Standard,\u201d it said in a statement adding that it had noted the high population density around the proposed site.    <\/p>\n\n<div>This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A gas explosion\u00a0at an unlicensed cooking gas filling plant in Kenya\u2019s capital on Thursday night killed at least three people and injured 280 others, according to authorities in the East African country. 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