Derailed Train Cars Explode; 16 Killed
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Nine runaway train cars, six carrying liquefied gas, derailed at a station south of Nairobi, igniting a fireball that killed 16 people, injured at least 36 and consumed nearby houses, witnesses and officials said. Of the dead, 13 were railway employees or their family members who lived in homes inside the grounds of Athi station, 15 miles southeast of the capital, Kenya Railways said in a statement.
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