Fashewar iskar gas tayi sanadiyar mutuwar mutane 3 tare da jikkata 300 a Kenya

Wata babbar iskar gas ta tashi a Nairobi babban birnin kasar Kenya, ta kashe mutane akalla uku tare da jikkata kusan 300.

Wata babbar mota dauke da iskar gas ta fashe a gundumar Embakasi da misalin karfe 23:30 (20:30 agogon GMT), “inda ta kunna wuta mai yawa”, in ji mai magana da yawun gwamnati.

Gidaje da wuraren kasuwanci da motoci sun lalace, inda faifan bidiyo ke nuna wata babbar gobara da ta tashi a kusa da katangar gidaje.

Tun da farko dai gwamnatin kasar ta ce fashewar ta faru ne a wata tashar iskar gas. Har yanzu ana kan gano dalilin.

Shugaban ‘yan sandan Embakasi, Wesley Kimeto, ya ce akwai wani yaro a cikin wadanda suka mutu sakamakon fashewar bam, inda ya kara da cewa adadin wadanda suka mutu na iya karuwa.

Kungiyar agaji ta Red Cross ta Kenya ta ce ta kai mutane 271 asibiti tare da jinyar wasu 27 a wurin.

Kwallon wutar da tashin bam din ya yi “ta bazu ko’ina”, a cewar Isaac Mwaura Mwaura, mai magana da yawun gwamnatin kasar, da wata silinda mai tashi da iskar gas ta afkawa wani dakin ajiyar tufafi da masaku, inda ta kone ta.

“Gobarar ta kara lalata motoci da dama da kuma kadarori na kasuwanci da suka hada da kanana da matsakaita masu yawa,” in ji shi a cikin wata sanarwa.

“Abin takaici, gidajen zama a unguwar suma sun kama wuta, tare da dimbin mazauna garin, saboda dare ya yi.”

Shaidu sun shaidawa kafafen yada labaran kasar cewa sun ji girgiza kai tsaye bayan fashewar.

An ce yawancin wadanda suka jikkata sun samu raunukan numfashi kuma sun hada da akalla yara 25, kamar yadda jaridar Standard ta ruwaito.

Daya daga cikin wadanda suka jikkata, Boniface Sifuna, ya bayyana abin da ya faru da kamfanin dillancin labarai na Reuters: “Na samu kone daga wata tukunyar iskar gas da ta fashe a lokacin da nake kokarin tserewa,” in ji shi.

“A gabana ne ya fashe kuma tasirin ya ruguza ni sannan wutar ta kama ni, na yi sa’a da na samu karfin gudu.”

James Ngoge, wanda ke zaune a gefen titi daga inda fashewar ta afku, ya shaidawa kamfanin dillancin labaran AFP cewa, a lokacin yana cikin gidansa kuma ya ji karar fashewar wani abu.

“An ji kamar za ta ruguje, da farko ba mu ma san abin da ke faruwa ba, kamar girgizar kasa ne.

“Ina da kasuwanci a kan titin wanda gaba daya ya lalace.”

Wani dan jarida na jaridar The Nation da ke zaune a yankin ya ce kowa ya bar gidansa bayan tashin bom.

Kungiyar agaji ta Red Cross ta Kenya ta fada a kafafen sada zumunta na yanar gizo cewa ma’aikatan jirgin sun yi “ba da gajiyawa suna fama da wutar”.

Kakakin gwamnatin kasar Mista Mwaura ya ce, an tabbatar da tsaron wurin da fashewar ta auku, sannan an kafa wata cibiyar bada umarni da za ta taimaka wajen gudanar da ayyukan ceto.

Ya kara da cewa, “An shawarci ‘yan kasar Kenya da su kaurace wa wurin da aka killace domin ba da damar gudanar da aikin ceton.