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Changamwe on lockdown after train carrying fuel plunges into sea

Some of the stranded commuters. Both SGR and Moi International Airport users have been affected. [Courtesy]

The busy Changamwe Road has been closed indefinitely after a cargo train derailed in Kibarani on Saturday night.

Mombasa Police boss Johnstone Ipara said the train was carrying 250,000 litres of Super Petrol when it rolled, submerging some of it wagons into the sea.

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