By Alex Nunez
An oil pipeline that exploded in Nairobi, Kenya killed more than 120 people and injured at least 110 more. Only 75 bodies were discovered; some were found in the ruins of shacks near by the pipeline and others in a nearby river.
Though no one is sure the true cause of the explosion. A possible cause of the explosion is a cigarette that fell into a sewer that was filling with oil from a pipe that was near it. Another possible cause of the leaking pipe is the fact that most pipes in that region are 40 years old. Another one of the many reasons for the leak is that many people have been stealing oil and gas from the pipes, which probably caused a spill. One last possible cause for the oil being in the sewer is that right before the explosion, a fuel tank had spilled its contents in the sewer. As people scrambled to scoop some up someone threw a cigarette into the sewer.
After the explosion, Kenya’s prime minister visited the disaster site and said it was the worst disaster in the oil sector of the country. There have been 30 major explosions within the last 2 years and this one was the worst since 2006.
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