Kenya: Gas explosion in Nairobi kills at least three and injures hundreds | BBC News

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  • Опубликовано: 1 фев 2024
  • A huge gas blast in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, has killed at least three people and injured nearly 300.
    A lorry carrying gas exploded in Embakasi district at about 23:30 (20:30 GMT), "igniting a huge ball of fire", a government spokesperson said.
    Housing, businesses and cars were damaged, with video showing a huge blaze raging close to blocks of flats.
    Officials said a child was among those who died in the explosion, and that the death toll could rise.
    The cause of the incident is still being established.
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Комментарии • 141

  • @kamps492
    @kamps492 3 месяца назад +82

    Sorry Kenyan People sending love from South Africa ❤😢💔

  • @babuuaden3615
    @babuuaden3615 3 месяца назад +45

    Africa as whole is being govern by corrupt people. Kenyan ordinary people are very good people. Kenyan have welcomed us with open arms when civil broke out in Somalia. Wish them quick recovery those are affected by this tragedy.

  • @nyalih929
    @nyalih929 3 месяца назад +82

    Any Kenyan official who approved the building of this facility in a RESIDENTIAL area should be investigated and prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

    • @donjaymioze5739
      @donjaymioze5739 3 месяца назад

      It's been existing for over 12years, Cops r aware, dci literally everyone

    • @wayando
      @wayando 3 месяца назад +10

      They are already trying to release themselves from blame ... They say the place is unlicensed ... Yet it clearly exists.

    • @ncba
      @ncba 3 месяца назад +1

      This is an INDUSTRIAL ZONE. Arrest those who approved all those apartments.

    • @wayando
      @wayando 3 месяца назад

      @@ncba ... Those apartments have been there since like early 2000s ... And that estate is not a small thing that could be approved in a corrupt manner ...
      Or am I underestimating the corruptness of Kenya government.

    • @prot6liv981
      @prot6liv981 3 месяца назад

      Uliskia wapi.....atawachiliwa

  • @juneyshu6197
    @juneyshu6197 3 месяца назад +27

    Blessings from California❤😢❤😢😔

  • @AFRICANGAZZELE
    @AFRICANGAZZELE 3 месяца назад +17

    I now live in Germany but those white apartments behind the reporter is where I used to live while in Kenya. My family is still there. Who approved the building of such in a residential area? Someone should take responsibility and not just the low ranking officers but all the way to the top.

    • @joshuawachiuri8501
      @joshuawachiuri8501 3 месяца назад +1

      It's not about the residential area coz it has always been there,It's corruption at it's peak

    • @AFRICANGAZZELE
      @AFRICANGAZZELE 3 месяца назад

      You missed my point but anyway the point is not about us

  • @vividrealtors7781
    @vividrealtors7781 3 месяца назад +20

    Night turned to day after the explosion. I saw a bright light roughly 20 Kilometers away from ground zero the brightness was like something I had ever seen but lasted for only a second. Quick recovery to the affected.

  • @kundansingh2677
    @kundansingh2677 3 месяца назад +11

    Condolences to the family members who lost their lives in this gas explosion

  • @keshukakurubay6178
    @keshukakurubay6178 3 месяца назад +3

    Sorry kenyan people love from Tanzania

  • @christopherkims
    @christopherkims 3 месяца назад +5

    Pole sana. Sad... quick recovery to the insured and may God comfort and bless them that lost their beloved ones.

  • @aisharwamutwe5547
    @aisharwamutwe5547 3 месяца назад +2

    So sorry to those injured and a quick recovery

  • @jimisierra1243
    @jimisierra1243 3 месяца назад +5

    My thoughts nd Prayers to the beautiful nation of Kenya

  • @LinahFaith
    @LinahFaith 3 месяца назад +8

    This is so tragic for my nation,but I trust God will see us through

  • @victormgoha382
    @victormgoha382 3 месяца назад +5

    It was so terrifying,i live near the scene happened,so much properties have been destroyed😢😢😢

  • @dukemaranga960
    @dukemaranga960 3 месяца назад +10

    Some government officials knew about the existence of this gas refilling plant and approved it operations within a residential area but since the disaster has occurred through the gas refilling station they gave switched the game. Now the gas refilling plant isn't licensed to run it's operation. We aren't stupid at all, corruption is the reason we are suffering more in this banana republic. We need liberation.

  • @carolyneogutu6489
    @carolyneogutu6489 3 месяца назад +1

    Thanks BBC for standing with us 🙏🙏

  • @drugoviic
    @drugoviic 3 месяца назад +2

    context: it was an illegal lpg refilling plant in a residential area

  • @skyloveofficial43
    @skyloveofficial43 3 месяца назад +22

    This is my immediate neighbourhood 😢

  • @AliMohamed-fp5ex
    @AliMohamed-fp5ex 3 месяца назад +2

    Few days ago i saw a fuel tanker driving in residential area and a lot of people walking around it, it shocked me to see that.

  • @FrancisOntomwa
    @FrancisOntomwa 3 месяца назад +1

    Good job, Ann, for eschewing the trap for speculations!

  • @Dante-df3zd
    @Dante-df3zd 3 месяца назад +12

    May God intervene😢

  • @suzlast4518
    @suzlast4518 3 месяца назад +2

    Very sorry my people indeed

  • @MohamedAmin-zz8wo
    @MohamedAmin-zz8wo 3 месяца назад +3

    20+ dead
    300 injured

  • @pastorchisebaministries
    @pastorchisebaministries 3 месяца назад +11

    This is very strange 😢😮😮

    • @lwm2985
      @lwm2985 3 месяца назад

      ​@@user-go8vi5lb6u You don't need to suspect. They mention it was LPG gas refilling. Stop with the technology hysteria.

  • @sharonmatooma1655
    @sharonmatooma1655 3 месяца назад +13

    This really sad 😔 am sorry for the lose 😞 😢

  • @IdontKnowAtAlllol
    @IdontKnowAtAlllol 3 месяца назад +7

    What caused the fire and why did the lorry pass through a residential area

    • @dukemaranga960
      @dukemaranga960 3 месяца назад +2

      The company that refills gas is situated in a residential area and that's why the whole thing started from

  • @CharityMupesu
    @CharityMupesu 3 месяца назад +2

    Pole Kenyans

  • @lisabrandys7018
    @lisabrandys7018 3 месяца назад +1

    So sad 😞

  • @HeanMaokh
    @HeanMaokh 3 месяца назад +1

    Scary😢

  • @peninahncekei9690
    @peninahncekei9690 3 месяца назад +1

    It's so sad

  • @omodesigner
    @omodesigner 3 месяца назад +1

    Polee😢😢

  • @joshuawachiuri8501
    @joshuawachiuri8501 3 месяца назад +2

    You will never know who's operation this was ,coz senior officials within the government are involved. CORRUPTION IS AT IT'S PEAK HERE IN KENYA 🇰🇪

  • @CharityMupesu
    @CharityMupesu 3 месяца назад

    Pole Sana to those lost loved one eish

  • @powahwave8915
    @powahwave8915 3 месяца назад +5

    Wonder what that lady was going to say before being cut off

  • @esthertheuri7847
    @esthertheuri7847 3 месяца назад +1

    What was a loaded LPG truck doing in a residential area?Why were they refilling there?They were illegally there and someone should be sued and held responsible!!!

  • @hm4Matlala
    @hm4Matlala 3 месяца назад +3

    🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

  • @majormediaproductions
    @majormediaproductions 3 месяца назад +7

    What the hell is a Lorri??

  • @Lok8-
    @Lok8- 3 месяца назад

    Was boarding KL566 when this happened, less than a mile away at the airport. Shit was lit.

  • @SuzanaMantovaniCerqueira
    @SuzanaMantovaniCerqueira 3 месяца назад +1

    😢

  • @SouthAfrica7788
    @SouthAfrica7788 3 месяца назад +1

    Pray for Africa

  • @CharityMupesu
    @CharityMupesu 3 месяца назад +1

    All injured healed in Jesus Name

  • @sharonmatooma1655
    @sharonmatooma1655 3 месяца назад +3

    Ohh my God have mercy 🥺 upon us

  • @samsonokenye4130
    @samsonokenye4130 3 месяца назад

    No vehicle exploded. Its a gas refilling station that exploded 🤯. Sorry to my colleague Kenyans who sustained injuries and those who died may their souls rip

  • @evanschaedirectoreffortcon6264
    @evanschaedirectoreffortcon6264 3 месяца назад +4

    Tushafika BBC

  • @denisaluko3747
    @denisaluko3747 3 месяца назад

    pole sana kenyans

  • @tobiasmandila3188
    @tobiasmandila3188 3 месяца назад +2

    we blame the government

  • @artysarah7716
    @artysarah7716 3 месяца назад

    I taught Ann soi's daughter and when all this was going down I woke up to screams and tremor the impact caused a black out I live around here people should be brought to book who authorized this plant then people should be compensated ASAP

  • @Its_Shaun_the_Sheep
    @Its_Shaun_the_Sheep 3 месяца назад

    What that guy says he was engulfed in flames? He must be made of asbestos! Not the time to overstate things when people died trying to escape.

  • @peterrichard9769
    @peterrichard9769 3 месяца назад

    Health safety should be prioritized? And these heavy vehicles carrying gas should be assessed for any leak, etc

  • @danielwanjiku-of6ir
    @danielwanjiku-of6ir 3 месяца назад +1

    This is Kenya(TIK),, nothing new here,, corruption will never cease in Kenya. Apparently the gas depot owner hadn't insured the business, and an Embakasi police officer who sought anonymity claimed that owner of Embakasi gas plant is well connected and therefore efforts of arresting him failed as police bosses were at the frontline in saving him. The owner is well connected to powerful people in the government and police bosses.

  • @matthewhale2464
    @matthewhale2464 3 месяца назад +11

    It’s very strange how a mother and young girl has been the victim of an acid attack, horrifically injured along with good Samaritans and police that tried to stop it and the BBC isn’t reporting about it. Could it be because the man is a Muslim who should’ve been deported twice But committed a sex attack and then was granted asylum in the UK:

    • @okboomer6201
      @okboomer6201 3 месяца назад

      The BBC is a state owned news service.
      It is not a "free press".

    • @yazuki2
      @yazuki2 3 месяца назад

      looks like they just reported it a few moments ago

  • @stillmiketheone
    @stillmiketheone 3 месяца назад +3

    We were just watching Man U vs Wolves EPL game in the neighborhood, then Boom!!. Many people are injured here.

  • @lolitavlcek6373
    @lolitavlcek6373 3 месяца назад +2

    ALWAYS HAPPENED. NOW. MY. DEEPEST CONDOLENSE. TO ALL THIER. LOVE ONES
    R. I P MAY. THE. LORD. PROTECT. U ALL ❤❤❤❤

  • @First-Last_name
    @First-Last_name 3 месяца назад

    More then 200 people.... are eating ice cream and laughing this off as a minor mishap, right.... right?

  • @garysgarage.2841
    @garysgarage.2841 3 месяца назад +3

    Holy crap. We need to send all their people back to help with this tragedy

    • @antonymwangi4986
      @antonymwangi4986 3 месяца назад +5

      Very few Kenyans are in UK compared to UK citizens here. You also don't call the shots there. The Jews do.😂😂😂

    • @onmyzone4146
      @onmyzone4146 3 месяца назад

      ​@@antonymwangi4986nice one 😂😂

  • @TAMRE55555
    @TAMRE55555 3 месяца назад

    OMG

  • @pylm2007
    @pylm2007 3 месяца назад +4

    Money Heist fans the moment they hear Nairobi😮

  • @evanschaedirectoreffortcon6264
    @evanschaedirectoreffortcon6264 3 месяца назад

    The high magnitude of corruption in Kenya is the cause, energy regulatory authority denied the company a licence, why hasn't acted together with police? Has the owners been remitting tax to county government of Nrb? If yes how? And if No, why haven't they closed down the business?

  • @wenbo595
    @wenbo595 3 месяца назад +2

    somehow they sill blame my countrymen

  • @ShamLal-cm6rx
    @ShamLal-cm6rx 3 месяца назад +1

    Such incidents happens due to not following lpg gas safety laws reason may be any

  • @cytkl
    @cytkl 3 месяца назад +1

    Same old game to poor innocent people

  • @rayrocher6887
    @rayrocher6887 3 месяца назад +2

    Glad Kenya better than somalia, Ethiopia really suffers

    • @alxk310
      @alxk310 3 месяца назад +2

      What has it got to do with the explosion

    • @rosamariewanjiru8659
      @rosamariewanjiru8659 3 месяца назад

      Leave Africans alone. Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia live like brothers. Keep them Out of your filthy mouth. We won't fight. Ijiet

  • @user-fd3ic6py1q
    @user-fd3ic6py1q 3 месяца назад +1

    corruption, religion, result is desrtuction

  • @CharityMupesu
    @CharityMupesu 3 месяца назад +1

    Nairobi it looks like Yaya centre

    • @anonymous.havked
      @anonymous.havked 3 месяца назад +1

      That was just the slums of Nairobi for the poor

  • @StellaWayua-ew4vc
    @StellaWayua-ew4vc 3 месяца назад

    Hi mate

  • @gibbleway
    @gibbleway 3 месяца назад +1

    That globalism civilization thing is wild we fund them and get scammed by them.

  • @user-gc6dp4mc5q
    @user-gc6dp4mc5q 3 месяца назад

    I live here

  • @user-py1sv3ie6c
    @user-py1sv3ie6c 3 месяца назад

    Mam bab

  • @jay6667
    @jay6667 3 месяца назад

    Hello. I wanna say please do a video and/or an article at least on the Imperial Japan enslaving Carolinians aka Refaluwasch and Chamorros during their occupation of the Mariana Islands. This year marks 80 years since their enslavement in 1944.

  • @joeochieng9431
    @joeochieng9431 3 месяца назад +1

    NB: The current LPG gas accident, urgently reminds Kenyans-?-: wanted urgently Kenya National LPG premises storage, transport, uses, public safety Matters-!-, 7/24/365, inspections safety measures enforcements Matters Authority, to be operating within the next 21 Days.

  • @joeochieng9431
    @joeochieng9431 3 месяца назад +1

    NB: wanted urgently for Kenyans public safety Matters-!-, LPG premises, storage, transport, uses, public safety Matters, Authority, to commence, no-nonsene-!-, Registrations, who?, where?, hows?, all LPG@ Kenya, premises, storage transport, safety, uses, because public safety Matters 4 seasons of our Lifetime:

  • @auro1986
    @auro1986 3 месяца назад +1

    bbc now mining gas there?

  • @kouakouloukou756
    @kouakouloukou756 3 месяца назад

    Banana republic?are serious?this can happen evrywhere even in the state in europe.
    Sorry.

  • @user-rg7uh9se4c
    @user-rg7uh9se4c 3 месяца назад +1

    OT: Benny Hill considered funnier than Monty Python by two TV stations --WOR and WLVI.

  • @GiftJulius-gx2kb
    @GiftJulius-gx2kb 3 месяца назад

    Mmmmmmm so sad my fellow africans

  • @franciscasimiyu1297
    @franciscasimiyu1297 3 месяца назад +1

    It's a high time government officials order gas activities be moved out of residential area. Still investigation should be done to confirm no subotage and use of Weapoms of mass destruction case

  • @seansweet6593
    @seansweet6593 3 месяца назад

    May Yahweh Elohim dispatch his Angels 😇 in the name of Jesus!!

  • @mercymumbi2510
    @mercymumbi2510 3 месяца назад +3

    kenya🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮

  • @WahomeEriqe
    @WahomeEriqe 3 месяца назад +2

    This wouldn't have happened if Raila was president 😢😢😢

    • @mauriceowino3561
      @mauriceowino3561 3 месяца назад +1

      Wahome😊

    • @user-eg4pn2hb4p
      @user-eg4pn2hb4p 3 месяца назад +1

      That man you call Raila is the owner of the gas company which caused the accident

    • @dukemaranga960
      @dukemaranga960 3 месяца назад

      ​@@user-eg4pn2hb4p Raila owns a gas cylinder manufacturing plant, I hope this helps your lazy head

  • @Jane-ie9ul
    @Jane-ie9ul 3 месяца назад

    Thats not beating. Sometolimes women have dark circles and swollen eyes. Tiredness can cause swelling of eyes. My eyes swell often and l get dark circles which many think l was either crying or my husband beat me yet l don't even have husband.

  • @shadowmaster9780
    @shadowmaster9780 3 месяца назад

    Terrorists?

    • @Emy_Watson
      @Emy_Watson 3 месяца назад +1

      No corrupt politicians operating illegally

  • @mkkiani-tech
    @mkkiani-tech 3 месяца назад

    Was this one of Biden's 85 targets???

  • @kenyazuela7233
    @kenyazuela7233 3 месяца назад +3

    Kenya is officially a banana 🍌 republic.

    • @alxk310
      @alxk310 3 месяца назад +2

      South Africa too

  • @RichardGordon-uh7cp
    @RichardGordon-uh7cp 3 месяца назад +1

    God is a great place for us to live good life amen thank u 🌍,,

  • @loverylovery4514
    @loverylovery4514 3 месяца назад

    GOD HEAVEN SAY PEOPLE GOING TO DIED BELIEVE THE USING VOODOO JUJU

  • @Yolende-ls3dj
    @Yolende-ls3dj 3 месяца назад +4

    Muslims???

  • @abigirlmutsimu4774
    @abigirlmutsimu4774 3 месяца назад

    😢

  • @SherienElBehery
    @SherienElBehery 3 месяца назад

    😢