[ad_1] <br><figure><img src="https://media.assettype.com/newindianexpress/2024-02/c454016c-f28b-4b10-b694-e6880975e997/375897_01_02.jpg" /><figcaption>Police and the Kenya Red Cross reported three deaths. The toll may rise after daybreak, said Wesley Kimeto, the Embakasi police chief.</figcaption></figure><figure><img src="https://media.assettype.com/newindianexpress/2024-02/f8a3e5c7-511f-4ea0-bced-cb921ce72e81/374813_01_02.jpg" /><figcaption>Firefighters managed to bring the blaze under control by around 9:00 am (0600 GMT), more than nine hours after it erupted.</figcaption></figure><figure><img src="https://media.assettype.com/newindianexpress/2024-02/6fb88d7b-79f8-48ec-9b5f-51487d6344e0/374707_01_02.jpg" /><figcaption>Many residents were likely inside their homes when the fire reached their houses late in the night in the Mradi area of the Nairobi neighborhood of Embakasi.</figcaption></figure><figure><img src="https://media.assettype.com/newindianexpress/2024-02/eb2a80be-6b5e-4c46-bdd1-2b7d6d149490/374742_01_02.jpg" /><figcaption>Firemen extinguish a blaze following a series of explosions in the Embakasi area of Nairobi.</figcaption></figure><figure><img src="https://media.assettype.com/newindianexpress/2024-02/0196d54a-ad97-4bdc-bdea-de212586c707/375906_01_02.jpg" /><figcaption>This aerial view taken on February 2, 2024 shows a man looking for belongings at the heavily damaged houses and shops, a day after a gas explosion in the Embakasi area of Nairobi.</figcaption></figure><figure><img src="https://media.assettype.com/newindianexpress/2024-02/efa49943-e88f-4be1-9e02-216e5f505d9d/374843_01_02.jpg" /></figure> <br>[ad_2] <br><a href="https://www.newindianexpress.com/galleries/2024/Feb/02/in-pics-massive-fire-set-off-by-gas-explosion-in-kenyas-capital-kills-at-least-3-people-injures-over-270">Source link </a>