Panic as Train Heading to Mombasa Catches Fire

The train was headed to Mombasa when the flames emerged at the engine carriage...

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A Kenya Railways freight train carrying cargo from Nairobi to Mombasa caught fire in the Masimba area of Makueni County on Wednesday.

Three to four cargo heads were seen engulfed in flames.
Kenya Railways emergency teams were dispatched to the scene.
Rail transport along the Nairobi-Mombasa corridor was temporarily suspended.

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