A fuel tanker has exploded on a road in Kenya, killing at least 33 people.
The Kenya Red Cross said the tanker, heading to Uganda, had appeared to lose control before crashing into other vehicles in Naivasha, north-west of the capital Nairobi.
Eyewitness Moses Nandalwe told the BBC a huge fireball had quickly engulfed other vehicles on the busy road.
He feared that many people who had gathered at the scene of the crash were also caught in the inferno.
Among the burnt vehicles was a matatu minibus with 14 passengers. All of them died.
Mwachi Pius Mwachi, deputy director of Kenya’s National Disaster Management Unit, said the tanker had been travelling downhill when it went out of control.
Correspondents say the accident has happened at a time when doctors are on strike, severely limiting services in government hospitals.
Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-38278868
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