Tragedy As Welder Dies After Gas Cylinder Explodes On Him In Embakasi, Nairobi


A 30-year-old welder was killed after an LPG gas cylinder he was repairing exploded on him at a yard in Embakasi area, Nairobi.

According to police, Martin Mwema Matheka was contracted to weld an LPG cylindrical gas tank on a Mercedes-Benz Actros.

While in the process, the sparks caught the vapors, igniting a fire, which ejected him out of the tank killing him instantly.

The lorry was carrying an unknown amount of gas at the time of the incident, which caused the blast.

The fire was later contained. The badly burnt body was later moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and investigations.

Meanwhile, a man was arrested after he stabbed and killed a woman within Uhuru market, Jogoo Road, Nairobi.

The assailant had come to a knitting shop and requested to talk to one of the female staff members there.

The victim, identified as Felister Katua declined to talk to him.

Witnesses said the assailant walked out, and after a short while, he came back walked straight to where the deceased was and stabbed her in the left side of the chest.

He tried to escape the scene but members of the public cornered the suspect and started to beat him up.

Police on patrol responded to the scene and saved him from the mob.

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