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_Published 2024-02-02. A vehicle loaded with gas exploded and set off an inferno that burned homes and warehouses in Kenya’s capital early Friday, killing at least three people and injuring more than 270, with the death toll expected to rise._


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## Transcript

Oh my God. Oh my God. It happened during the night at around 8 when the realtor hours. We have the epicenter of the explosion is a parking lot for the Lord is that allowed into the guess we have our what is 21 people who are admitted in various hospitals in Nairobi having the battle at 9:40 a.m. Today Legend tells us how big is numbers. Antoine watch you to dump sites around to go back to the house. We have three fatality. That is a it's up. Now. They still have such going on over whether their bodies, which have been banned in various houses. Andrea asking Kenyans to pray for us. This is a time when we are saddened by such an incident has never called before.

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