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Kenya:
20 More Are Dead in Week of Tears
Nation, 14 September 2011
Twenty more people died Wednesday in one of Kenya's darkest weeks. Read more »
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Kenya:
Company Admits Its Pipelines Were Faulty
Nation, 12 September 2011
The Kenya Pipeline Company has acknowledged that the tragedy was a result of petrol spillage from two pipelines. Read more »
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Kenya:
Survivors of Sinai Fire Disaster Left in Shock
The Star, 13 September 2011
Twenty-seven year old George Njoroge was lost for words when Prime Minister Raila Odinga stopped by his bedside at the Kenyatta National Hospital where he and other survivors of… Read more »
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Kenya:
The Sinai Slum Fire Tragedy - Kenya Pipeline Issues Warning
Business Daily, 13 September 2011
Kenya Pipeline has warned the public against using the spilled petroleum product that saw close to a hundred people killed in a fire tragedy on Monday. Read more »
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Kenya:
Poverty Blamed for Pipeline Deaths
RNW Africa, 13 September 2011
Groaning in pain, Rachael Onyango is confined to bed at a small ward in Kenyatta National Hospital. Read more »
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Kenya:
Prime Minister Odinga Orders Investigations Into Fire Tragedy
The Star, 13 September 2011
One hundred and eighteen victims of the Sinai slum fire are still admitted in hospitals within Nairobi. Read more »
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Kenya:
More Than 100 Killed in Nairobi Fuel Fire
Nation, 12 September 2011
More than 100 people were killed in a petrol fire and 160 others needed hospital treatment in Nairobi on Monday. Read more »
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Kenya:
It Was a Scene Straight From Hell
Nation, 12 September 2011
It was a scene straight from hell. It was gory. Read more »
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Kenya:
Disaster Offered a Snapshot of All You Need to Know About Slum Life
Nation, 12 September 2011
Stephen Njau cannot remember which came first; the sight or the sound of death. What he recalls with crystal clarity is his reaction. He ran and ran and ran. Read more »
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Kenya:
Survivors Recall the Last Moments Before Disaster That Changed Their Lives
Nation, 12 September 2011
Like the proverbial early bird, Faith Mwende left her house in Sinai slums at dawn, hoping to land one of the menial jobs on offer in Lunga Lunga in Industrial Area. Read more »
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Kenya:
Hospital Appeals for More Blankets and Blood to Save Lives
Nation, 12 September 2011
More than 100 survivors of the Sinai slum fire tragedy are being treated for severe burns at Kenyatta National Hospital. Read more »
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Kenya:
Toll of Nairobi Fire Likely More Than 100
Nation, 12 September 2011
Nation reporters have counted 73 badly burnt bodies at the scene of a huge fire at a slum in Nairobi's industrial area. Read more »
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Kenya:
Let Fire Be Lesson to Stop Future Tragedies
Nation, 12 September 2011
Scores were killed on Monday in a raging inferno at the Sinai slums near the Kenya Pipeline Company depot in Nairobi. The cause of the fire has yet to be established, but it is… Read more »
