The confirmed death toll rose to 75 after a Nairobi pipeline explosion . The pipeline exploded Monday morning in the Nairobi Peninsula . KBC quoted Prime Minister Raila Odinga as saying the incident occurred after a mechanism on the pipeline failed , allowing fuel to spill into a drainage ditch , where it then ignited . Police and Red Cross officials say the toll is likely to reach 100 . Residents discounted fire danger in 2009 Kenyan newspaper article .
The confirmed death toll rose to 75 after a Nairobi pipeline explosion . The pipeline exploded Monday morning in the Nairobi Peninsula . Police and Red Cross officials say the toll is likely to reach 100 . Residents discounted fire danger in 2009 Kenyan newspaper article .