{"id":45983,"date":"2021-07-19T14:25:29","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T14:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=45983"},"modified":"2021-07-19T14:25:46","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T14:25:46","slug":"fuel-tanker-explosion-kills-13-people-scooping-fuel-in-kenya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=45983","title":{"rendered":"Fuel tanker explosion kills 13 people scooping fuel in Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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At least 13 people were killed on Sunday and many others seriously burned when a fuel truck overturned and exploded in western Kenya as crowds thronged to collect the spilling fuel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the police, the fuel truck had collided with another vehicle and toppled over near Malanga, 315 kilometers northwest of Nairobi<\/a>, on the busy highway between Kisumu and the border with Uganda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Residents of the area then rushed to the scene with jerrycans to scoop the spilled fuel but the cargo exploded and engulfed those around in a fireball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charles Chacha<\/a>, a police chief in the Siaya county where the incident occurred, said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt (the truck) burst into flames as they scooped fuel that was flowing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe counted 12 bodies at the scene. Another person died in hospital from their injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFire crews arrived on the scene two hours later to douse the inferno while those injured in the blast were taken to hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMany others have been taken to hospital with serious burns and they include young children,\u201d Chacha said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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