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Controversial Mombasa lead factory catches fire

Firefighters tackle the blaze at the Kenya Metal Refinery in Mombasa County on Thursday. The cause of the fire has not yet been established. [Photo:Kelvin Karani/Standard]

The controversial lead factory suspected to have poisoned close to 3,000 residents of Owino Uhuru slums in Mombasa over several years caught fire on Thursday evening.

Fire fighters battled for hours to put out the fierce inferno that gutted a section of the Kenya Metal Refinery associated with a local politician.

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