A fire set off by a gas explosion in Kenya kills at least 3 people and injures more than 270 others

By TOM ODULA
Associated Press

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A truck loaded with liquid petroleum gas cylinders has exploded and set off a late-night inferno that burned homes and warehouses in Kenya’s capital. At least three people died and more than 270 were injured, 24 of them critically. The death toll is likely to rise. A government spokesman said early Friday that a lot of people were home late at night when the fire reached their houses in a Nairobi neighborhood. Police and the local Red Cross said 271 people were rushed to several hospitals to be treated for injuries. Firefighters were searching the burned area later in the morning.