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City residents abandon Mradi area for hours over gas leakage fear

A gas cylinder when EPRA officials and Police visited the scene of an explosion in Embakasi, Nairobi on February 05, 2024. [Francis Odee, Standard]

Panic gripped residents of Mradi in Embakasi following a suspected gas leak in the wake of last Friday's blast that has so far left six people dead and more than 300 injured.

Life returned to normalcy later in the day after security agents conducted investigations following reports that there was an underground tank that was leaking but found none.

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