Scores Dead in Pipeline Inferno in Lunga Lunga Industrial Area in Nairobi Kenya

Scores dead in pipeline inferno in Lunga Lunga industrial area of Nairobi Kenya, amid sprawling urban slums.

URGENT: As many as 100 people are feared dead in a fire caused by a leaking fuel pipeline in the Lunga Lunga industrial area located in Nairobi, Kenya. The area is surrounded by a sprawling slum. According to media reports, flames leapt out from the pipeline in a radius of some 300 meters,setting shacks ablaze and incinerating scores of people.

Reporters later saw clusters of charred bodies and blackened bones at the site. Some burned bodies floated in a nearby river filled with sewage, according to the AP. Homes had been built right up to the pipeline, the residents said.

"We are putting the number of dead at over 100, we are waiting for body bags to put the victims into," said Thomas Atuti, a local police commander.

"There had been a leak in the fuel pipline earlier, and people were going to collect the fuel that was coming out," said Joseph Mwego, a resident. Source

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the people affected by this tragedy in Nairobi, Kenya. It is such a sad commentary that the people, many of whom are poor, rushed in harm's way to collect fuel and unknowingly walking into a literal minefield.