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Newsday: 02/02/2024 06:06 GMT : Gas blast in Kenyan capital

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02/02/2024 06:06 GMT : Gas blast in Kenyan capital

Gas blast in Kenyan capital

BBC World Service - Newsday, Gas blast in Kenyan capital

Two people have been killed and over 200 have been injured.

A government spokesperson said a lorry carrying gas exploded in Embakasi district, "igniting a huge ball of fire".

At least two people have been killed and hundreds have been injured in a huge explosion at a gas plant in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.

President Joe Biden is to receive the bodies of three American soldiers killed in a drone attack in Jordan on Sunday at an air force base in his home state of Delaware, where they will receive military honours.

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