At least 75 people were killed and more than 100 injured in a pipeline explosion in Kenya yesterday.
The blast took place in Kenyan capital Nairobi, in an industrial area between Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and the city centre, where people have built houses on top of the pipeline.
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Residents said that the blast happened after people rushed to collect fuel that had spilled from a fuel depot owned by the Kenyan Pipeline Company, according to the BBC.
Reports suggest the blast may have been sparked by a cigarette butt being thrown into an open sewer that was filled with fuel.
Kenya Prime Minister Raila Odinga said that the explosion was one of the worst disasters to have happened in the country’s oil sector.
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