Kenya: Two Perish in Midday Nyeri Gas Fire Outbreak

6 January 2012

Two people died yesterday following a mid-day fire outbreak at a cooking gas depot at Giakanja in Nyeri county yesterday.

Seven people were admitted at Nyeri Provincial General Hospital in critical condition with two others being airlifted to Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi for further treatment. The two who were transferred to KNH had over 90 per cent burns.

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