A huge gas explosion at Mradi-Embakasi, a densely populated residential estate in Nairobi, on Thursday killed six people and injured nearly 300 others.
Derrick Kimathi, a tenant at the illegal LPG refilling and storage site has been detained by police.
Police in Nairobi are treating Kimathi as the main suspect. He is being detained alongside three government employees from the National Environment
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