More than 120 burnt to death in Kenya fire

More than 120 people were burnt to death after a petrol fire broke out in a densely populated slum in the capital, local media said on Monday.



One Cigarette: 120 Deaths

A fire erupted at ta pipeline in the Kenyan capital Nairobi set off by a cigarette from someone trying to steal gas. Local television channels aired images of smouldering skeletons as the fire raged through the slum. Badly burnt slum dwellers staggered in a daze, skin peeling off their faces and arms.