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13 people die in fuel tanker fire on Kisumu-Busia Road

The fire broke out when one person opened the tanker compartment to siphon out petrol faster before the arrival of the police. [Courtesy]

Thirteen people are dead while eleven others are nursing injuries at Yala sub-county hospital in Gem Siaya County after an overturned petrol tanker they were fetching fuel from exploded.

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