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Gas depot explodes in Nyeri, severe burns reported

An LPG (gas) depot has exploded in Giakanja trading centre in Nyeri leaving scores injured.

According to reports eight people have been injured and are admitted at the Nyeri Provincial General Hospital. Five of them are in the hospital’s ICU unit having suffered an estimated 90 per cent burns.

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