IN PICTURES: Nakuru-Eldoret Highway fuel tanker explosion

Six people were Saturday night burnt beyond recognition after a Petrol tanker burst into flames as they siphoned fuel. Several others sustained series burns to the face, hands and legs and were rushed to hospitals in Nakuru, Molo and Eldama Ravine.

Here are pictures from the incident:

Residents stare at the remains of the petrol tanker that burst into flames, killing six people at Kamara along Nakuru-Eldoret Highway.

 

Completely burnt fuel tanker lies at Kamara, along Nakuru-Eldoret Highway. A youth is said to have lit a matchbox, sparking the huge inferno that left six dead and several others nursing burns.

 

Residents sorround the burnt tanker which overtuned at Kamara trading centre, prompting the residents to rush to the scene and scoop fuel.

 

A man who sustained burns from the petrol tanker inferno at Kamara is assisted by good Samaritans at Eldama Ravine District Hospital.

 

Residents dismayed by the turn of events following the fuel tanker accident.

 

A victim of the petrol tanker inferno at Kamara is attended to by a medical officer at Eldama Ravine District Hospital.