Nation reporters have counted 73 badly burnt bodies at the scene of a huge fire at a slum in Nairobi's industrial area.
Police sources say the toll of the dead is likely to breach 100.
Emergency services were scrambled early on Monday as a huge fire went off at Sinai slums near a fuel depot off Lunga Lunga road in Nairobi’s Industrial Area.
Witnesses said oil leakage from a pipeline feeding a Kenya Pipeline petroleum depot that neighbours the slum.
NTV reporter Kaara Wainaina told Nation.co.ke that the fire covered a wide area in the slum. A detachment from the paramilitary General Service Unit (GSU) have cordoned off huge area affected by the fire and nearby roads have been closed to traffic.
Nearby buildings were evacuated and office workers asked to move away from the area.
Several ambulances were seen leaving the area ferrying away victims. They were taken to Mater Hospital and Kenyatta National Hospital.
More details soon.
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