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Dante's Hell: A fire, a year, that is Gikomba for you

NAIROBI, KENYA: Kenyans have woken up yet to another fire in one of the country’s largest open-air markets  claiming at least 15 lives and destroying property worth millions of shillings.

The Gikomba fireballs have become an annual occurrence. Here, a look at them between 2012 and 2018.

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