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Kenya train crashes into homes in Nairobi's Kibera slum 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.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. The train derailed while passing through the slum - one of Africa's largest - on its way to Uganda.
Kenya's Red Cross has tweeted to say scores of people are feared trapped in their damaged homes.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. Journalists at the scene said residents were angry at the slow pace of the rescue effort.
A number of people have been taken to the nearby Kenyatta National Hospital. Isaac Ongiri from the Daily Nation newspaper said police were trying to find a way of getting rescue equipment into place to help reach the trapped people.
Reporters at the scene say the rescue effort is being hampered by large numbers of people that have gathered at the scene. But he said the area was heavily-populated and hard to get to.
"Navigating through the shanties to get to the scene is difficult," he told the BBC.
Other reports suggested the large crowds that had gathered at the scene were also hampering rescue efforts.
There are also reports that a tank containing flammable fuel is leaking on to the tracks.
Teams from the Red Cross and St John Ambulance are helping the rescue.
At least six people have so far been taken to hospital, Transport Minister Joseph Kamau told reporters from Kibera.
Mr Kamau said residents in Kibera had long been warned not to put up houses right next to the railway line.
"We have always warned people against encroaching on the line," he was quoted as saying.
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