Thirteen people were killed and several others injured when a tanker overturned before catching fire and exploding on a road in western Kenya, police said today.
“We counted 12 corpses at the scene. “Another person died at the hospital,” said Charles Tsatsa, a police officer in Siaya County, where the blast occurred late yesterday.
The victims rushed to transport petrol from the tanker, which overturned near Malanga, 315 kilometers northwest of Nairobi, on a busy road connecting Kisumu with the Ugandan border.
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“It exploded while they were trying to collect the leaking gasoline,” said Charles Tsatsa.
“Many are being treated for severe burns, including young children,” he added.
In 2009, near the pier (150 km northwest of Nairobi), 122 people were killed when a tanker carrying gasoline exploded as they gathered around the vehicle involved in an accident to collect fuel.
