The Red Cross in Kenya states, according to the news agency AFP, that close to 300 people have been injured. The fire in the Embakasi district started just before midnight at a company that fills gas cylinders. The building the company is based in suffered extensive damage, says government spokesperson Isaac Mwaura on X/Twitter. Police Chief Adamson Bungei in Embakasi, says according to The Standard’s X-account newspaper that at least 165 people were sent to hospital with injuries. Reuters photos from the scene show a person lying on the ground with a blanket over him. Television images show several houses burning in the area.
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