2011 Nairobi pipeline fire

1°18′50″S 36°52′46″E / 1.313979°S 36.879564°E / -1.313979; 36.879564 The 2011 Nairobi pipeline fire was caused by an explosion secondary to a fuel spill in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on 12 September 2011.[1] Approximately 100 people were killed in the fire and at least 116 others were hospitalized with varying degrees of burns.[2] The incident was not the first such pipeline accident in Kenya,[1] with the Molo fire of 2009 resulting in at least 133 fatalities and hundreds more injured.

  1. ^ a b Jeffrey Gettleman (12 September 2011). "Scores Dead in Kenyan Pipeline Fire". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
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