In Summary
• Large crowds gathered at the scene as residents tried to come to terms with the incident.
• The massive explosion that left three people dead and more than 280 others hospitalised.
Scattered roofs of the buildings affected by the gas explosion in Embakasi on February 2, 2024
Tight security as police seal off the scene of the Embakasi gas explosion to keep off the public who had turned up to witness the aftermath of the incident, on February 2, 2024.
A man who sustained injuries in the fire demonstrates to the press how he saved some of the residents during the fire incident at Mradi area in Embakasi on February 2, 2024.
Destroyed vehicles during the Embakasi gas explosion on February 2, 2024
Police officers secure the scene as detectives launch investigations into the gas explosion in Embakasi on February 2, 2024.
Parts of a vehicle on one of the apartment in the area on February 2, 2024
Water jerricans scattered after the gas explosion incident in Embakasi on February 2, 2024.
Some of the buildings affected by the Embakasi gas explosion on February 2, 2024
Some of the buildings affected by the Embakasi gas explosion on February 2, 2024
Government Spokesperson Isaac Mwaura arrives at the scene of the Embakasi gas explosion on February 2, 2024.
Government Spokesperson Isaac Mwaura speaks to police officers and response teams from the Kenya Red Cross when he visited the scene of the exlosion on February 2, 2024.
Government Spokesperson Isaac Mwaura at the scene of the gas explosion incident on February 2, 2024
Government Spokesperson Isaac Mwaura stands next to a completely destroyed vehicle which was blown up during the gas explosion in Embakasi on February 2, 2024
Government spokesperson Isaac Mwaura and survivors of the explosion at Mradi area in Embaksi on Febuary 2,2024
Forensic experts at the scene of the explosion as investigations into the incident begins, on February 2, 2023
Survivors of the Embakasi gas fire showing government spokesperson Isaac Mwaura the injuries