NAIROBI — Fifteen people died and dozens were injured when fire swept through a market in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, in the early hours of Thursday, an official said.
Emergency service St John Ambulance said the blaze broke out at 2:30 a.m. and spread to apartments and several shanties before being contained around 90 minutes later.
Nairobi regional coordinator Kangethe Thuku said the death toll had reached 15: “About five … arrived dead in the hospital but we still have about nine bodies in the burning buildings because we want to confirm and ensure the safety of those buildings.”
A 15th victim was taken to a different hospital, he said, adding that 70 people were injured.
A Reuters photographer saw bodies being brought out from a building, and pictures showed people sifting through ashen wreckage as smoke rose from the site.
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