September 13, 2011 11:28 AM

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At least 61 killed in Kenyan pipeline fire

In Kenya, at least sixty one people were killed on Monday after a gasoline pipeline exploded. Energy Minister Kiraitu Murungi told VOA the explosion was one of the worst accidents ever in Kenya’s energy sector. He explained that trouble began when pressure caused a gasoline pipeline to break a valve. Fuel then spilled into an open sewer in the informal settlement of Mukuru wa Njenga. Prime Minister Raila Odinga said that he was moved by the sight of the burned bodies in Mukuru.

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