Scores killed in Kenya oil fire

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: BBC

At least 94 people have died in Kenya after an overturned petrol tanker caught fire on a highway and exploded.

Reports say the fire broke out after hundreds of people gathered to collect spilled fuel.

About 200 people have also been injured in the blaze, in the town of Molo. Officials say the death toll may rise.

The cause of the fire is not clear. Some reports said it was caused by a lit cigarette, but others said it had been started deliberately.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7863294.stm

---

'Deliberately'? Who the hell would try to set an oil tanker alight?

[truthisfreedom]

1. Horrible.

[Speciesamused]

2. OIl for Blood. Nothing New by the oil industries.

These fires are deliberate on the part of the oil companies from China, Malaysia, Sweden, Canada, Italy, France, the Netherlands, and Qatar. They do not want any of their precious oil stolen, they also clear inhabited areas where oil is. Bottom line.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090201/ap_on_re_af/af_kenya_oil_blaze

http://www.amnestyusa.org/amnesty-magazine/summer-2002/sudan-mixing-oil-and-blood/page.do?id=1105433

[AyanEva]

3. What a horrible way to go. :(

It's so sad that so many children got caught up in the blast.