Uganda, Feb. 2 -- Scores of people are feared dead in Mradi village, Embakasi, Nairobi, Kenya after a gas plant exploded minutes to midnight on Thursday, plunging the city into panic.

Many more are reported to have sustained life-threatening injuries.

About two hours after the multiple explosions that sent flames and smoke billowing into the sky, emergency services, including firefighters, were yet to arrive at the scene.

"Huge explosions, huge fireballs, people screaming and running everywhere for fear of more explosions. Power cut, some people driving out of the estate. We can hear sirens now. The fire is in a warehouse next to an estate called Skyline and an informal settlement called Mradi," an eyewitness told Nation. Africa.

"We ...