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Treize personnes ont été tuées et 24 blessées lorsqu’elles ont été prises dans une “immense boule de feu” au moment de l’explosion d’un camion-citerne accidenté qu’elles étaient en train de siphonner, dans l’ouest du Kenya, a annoncé dimanche la police.
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Nous avons dénombré douze cadavres sur place. Une autre personne est morte à l’hôpital des suites de ses blessures“, a indiqué Charles Chacha, un responsable de la police dans le comté de Siaya, où l’explosion a eu lieu tard samedi.
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13 killed in Kenya fuel tanker explosion Monday, 19 July 2021 1:46 AM
[ Last Update: Monday, 19 July 2021 1:46 AM ] Picture shows the aftermath of a fuel tanker explosion in western Kenya on July 18, 2021.
A fuel tanker exploded in western Kenya while people were siphoning fuel from it, killing 13 people, police said Sunday.
Residents started siphoning fuel from the tanker after it was involved in a crash late Saturday with a trailer near the Malanga Village in Siaya county, Gem subcounty Police commander Charles Chacha said.
“The trailer which was ferrying 20 tons of milk hit the fuel tanker which was heading to Busia,” he said.
“The tanker hit the vehicle on the right rear side. As a result of the impact, it overturned on the extreme left side of the road,” he said.
Die Feuerwehr traf nach zwei Stunden am Unglücksort ein. (Archivbild)
(Foto: reuters)
Ein Tanklastwagen stößt mit einem Fahrzeug zusammen und kippt um. Menschen kommen mit Kanistern zu der Unglücksstelle und wollen den auslaufenden Treibstoff abschöpfen. Dann kommt es zur Explosion.
Bei der Explosion eines Tanklastwagens im Westen Kenias sind 13 Menschen ums Leben gekommen und zahlreiche weitere verletzt worden. Der mit Treibstoff beladene Laster sei am Samstagabend auf einer Autobahn nahe der Ortschaft Malanga mit einem anderen Fahrzeug zusammengestoßen und umgestürzt, teilt die Polizei mit. Anschließend strömten zahlreiche Menschen zu dem Unglücksort, um auslaufendes Benzin abzuschöpfen.
At least 13 people were killed when a petrol tanker overturned and caught fire in western Kenya at the weekend. The truck collided with another vehicle on a highway between Kisumu and Busia late on saturday. Witnesses described the crash scene as a huge fireball . People had rushed to the scene with jerrycans to siphon off fuel from the overturned tanker before it exploded. A local police chief said 24 people were in hospital with serious burns and said children were among the injured.
Investigators are still searching the scene and warned the death toll could rise. We will require a proper examination to determine if there were people burnt completely at the scene, where bones were found, Chief Charles Chacha said. It took two hours for firefighters to reach the scene, near the town of Malanga, about 320km (200 miles) north-west of the capital, Nairobi.