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Kenya train crashes into homes in Nairobi's Kibera slum | |
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Several people have been injured after a freight train crashed into homes in the sprawling Nairobi slum of Kibera, reports from Kenya say. | |
The train is reported to have derailed while passing through the slum - one of Africa's largest - on Sunday morning. | |
Kenya's Red Cross has tweeted to say scores of people are feared trapped in their damaged homes. | |
Teams from the Red Cross and St John Ambulance are helping with the rescue effort. | |
A number of people have been taken to the nearby Kenyatta National Hospital. | |
Reporters at the scene say the rescue effort is being hampered by large numbers of people that have gathered at the scene. | |
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