{"id":13210,"date":"2020-08-22T18:28:12","date_gmt":"2020-08-22T18:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=13210"},"modified":"2020-08-22T18:28:12","modified_gmt":"2020-08-22T18:28:12","slug":"fuel-tanker-catches-fire-in-kericho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/fuel-tanker-catches-fire-in-kericho","title":{"rendered":"Fuel tanker catches fire in Kericho"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Author:\u00a0Nikko Tanui<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> A fuel tanker on Saturday overturned and burst into a fireball atKapawa on Kericho-Kisumu highway.<\/p>\n<p>The driver of the truck is reported to have lost control of the vehicle at the steep blackspot.\u00a0Videos and photos from the\u00a0scene show thick black smoke billowing to the sky.\u00a0The fate of the driver and the turn-boy is not immediately clear.<\/p>\n<p>The ill-fated tanker was headed towards Kisumu when the accident occurred.\u00a0The incident has caused a traffic snarl-up.\u00a0Only dare-devil motorists have driven by the smouldering tanker.<\/p>\n<p>According to Edith Chepkemoi, the accident occurred at around 3pm Saturday.\u00a0\u201cFirefighters are yet to arrive at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t tell if the driver and the turn boys managed to escape from the burning vehicle,\u201d she said.\u00a0Kericho County Police Commander said he had dispatched traffic officers to the scene and was awaiting their report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author:\u00a0Nikko Tanui AfricaPress-Kenya: A fuel tanker on Saturday overturned and burst into a fireball atKapawa on Kericho-Kisumu highway. 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