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Old 18th Oct 2004, 05:41
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Here's the latest - it was at Wilson:
Airport blast: Accident blamed

Nairobi - A powerful explosion at a Nairobi airport left two people injured Sunday and caused part of the roof of the departure terminal to collapse, but authorities said the blast appeared to be an accident. "We think that the explosion was caused by flammable substances at the customs storage section," Kenyan government spokesperson Alfred Mutua said at the city's Wilson domestic airport. "We don't think it was a bomb, because the explosion came from a customs bonded warehouse where flammable materials are usually kept," said tourism and information minister Raphael Tuju, also at the scene.

Police closed the airport, which is located on the outskirts of the Kenyan capital and handles light aircraft and domestic flights, mainly to the country's national parks popular with tourists. The impact of the blast blew off a section of the building's tiled roof and sparked a fire, which was quickly extinguished by firefighters, a police spokesman said. It also destroyed furniture, goods kept in the warehouse and shattered window panes inside the departure lounge, and sparked panic throughout the facility. Two customs workers were admitted to Nairobi's Mater Hospital with "soft tissue injuries but they are apparently out of danger," a nurse at the hospital said.
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