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Panic as oil pipeline bursts in residential estate

Oil pipeline burst gushing out thousands of gallons of petroleum product near a power line at Kaptembwo slums in Nakuru on December 4,2015 [PHOTO:KIPSANG JOSEPH/STANDARD]

There was panic at the sprawling Kaptembwo slum in Nakuru town after an oil pipeline burst, gushing out thousands of gallons of petroleum products near a power line.

Police from a nearby police post thwarted attempts by hundreds of residents who wanted to scoop the spilled fuel flowing through a storm-water drainage in the Friday incident.

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