BRIAN NELSON, CNN ANCHOR: To update you now on a story we reported earlier, in Africa, at least 16 people are dead and dozens more injured following a fiery train derailment in Kenya. Authorities say the train exploded after leaving the tracks about 18 miles southeast of Nairobi. And CNN Nairobi bureau chief Catherine Bond has more on this now.</s>CATHERINE BOND, CNN NAIROBI BUREAU CHIEF (voice-over): According to Kenyan police, the train carrying liquefied gas derailed at Athi River just south of Nairobi at about midnight local time, its wagons jumping the track and exploding into flames. At least 16 people died when the fire engulfed houses along the rail lines. Police said some of the victims apparently caught sleeping in their homes. Another 42 people, Kenyan police said, were injured by the derailment. One police source saying some had 90 percent burns to their bodies which they are unlikely to survive. Hours later, police were still removing bodies from the scene of the fire, which one police officer described as impossible for firefighters to put out had they been there. Built at the turn of the 20th century, Kenya's railway system is said by engineers to be badly in need of major investment and repair. This is the second accident in a week on Kenya's railway system. Seven people died last week in western Kenya when a passenger train derailed. Catherine Bond, CNN, Nairobi.
Train Derails in Kenya Killing at Least 16