100+ dead in Kenya gasoline blaze

[M Two One]

MOLO, Kenya – There were not nearly enough hospital beds — or body bags — after one of Kenya's deadliest accidents in recent memory.

Burn victims lined the floors of overwhelmed hospitals Sunday, hooked up to drips and moaning in pain after an overturned gasoline tanker exploded as hundreds of people tried to scoop up free fuel. More than 100 people were killed and 200 injured in the inferno, which was likely sparked by a cigarette.

"Everybody was screaming and most of them were running with fire on their bodies, they were just running into the bush," said Charles Kamau, 22, who was driving through Molo on Saturday night when he saw the road blocked by hundreds of people with gerry cans, plastic bottles and buckets — anything to siphon some free fuel.

As he waited for the crowd to disperse, the gasoline ignited with a blast that was felt miles away. Prime Minister Raila Odinga said someone's cigarette might have caused the explosion, but police said the cause remained under investigation.

Source: Yahoo! News

 

[Hudge]

That wouldn't have been done by a ciggarette.

 

[Mamba]

It is proof that smoking kills.

 

[CelticKing]

That wouldn't have been done by a ciggarette.

Pretty sure it happened by a cigarette.

The tanker was leaking, and the local people came close to it to steal the gasoline, and then I bet someone came along with a cigarette and then BOOM!!!.

Sucks though, and may they rest in peace.

 

[Colonel Ronan]

Damn.