Two people are feared dead after a fuel Tanker overturned at Kaburengu area on the Eldoret-Webuye highway and exploded.
Witnesses say the driver and his turnboy did not manage to escape from it as it rolled. Firefighters at the are have however managed to contain the fire.
Oil tanker explodes at Kaburengu interchange, travellers using Eldoret-Malaba highway and Kakamega-kitale road to exercise caution. @ItsMutai @KTNKenya @PoliceKE @NPSOfficial_KE
— Thulani (@sitati_pauls) January 28, 2019
This comes one month after a similar accident happened at the same area and claimed the lives of eleven people.
In the event a matatu and a petrol trailer collided. The petrol spilled to the road and firefighters from the county were called to prevent a fire.
The drivers of the vehicles and a pedestrian were among the victims who died at the scene.
Police towed the wreckage to Webuye Police Station.