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Kenya Pipeline Company fire fighters contain a fire threat along the company's sewerage line yesterday. [PHOTO: MOSES OMUSULA/STANDARD]
George Njoroge was only 25 when he lost his two little children in the Sinai fire tragedy five years ago. And yesterday, the now heavily-bearded man relived horrific memories as fire fighters struggled to avert another deadly disaster reminiscent of the one that occurred in September 2011 and killed more than 100 slum dwellers.
Strong petrol fumes soaked through the same sewerage line that brought the deadly fuel spill, whose victims included Njoroge's children - a four-year old son and two-year-old daughter.
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