Over 100 dead after pipeline explosion in Nairobi

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A woman is comforted by another after seeing the body of her child on September 12 at the scene of a fire after the explosion of a fuel pipeline in a slum area in Nairobi. At least 120 people burned to death when a pipeline burst into flames. A police commander said more than 100 people had been killed in the explosion at Nairobi's Lunga Lunga industrial area, which is surrounded by the densely packed tin-shack housing of the Sinai slum.

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Kenya Red Cross personnel remove the body of a victim after a pipeline explosion in Nairobi, Kenya, on Monday, Sept. 12.

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A slum dweller discovers his pigs who survived the explosion in the rubble of the Lunga Lunga slum, near Nairobi, Kenya, on Deptember 12. The explosion happened as people gathered around a tank to collect fuel that was leaking.

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Slum dwellers gather around the explosion scene in the Lunga Lunga slum, Nairobi, Kenya on Sept. 12. The explosion happened as people gathered around a tank to collect fuel that was leaking.

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If you haven't watched it already, an NTV news video on the KPC fire tragedy is summarized for you at Streamliner:

    Reply#1 - Tue Sep 13, 2011 2:14 PM EDT
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