SHOTLIST 1. Various of people gathered around charred tanker 2. Mid of smouldering wreckage 3. Close-up of smoke coming from wreckage of engine 4. Mid of people inspecting wreckage 5. Close-up of boot on ground 6. Close-up of yellow container 7. Close-up of charred pair of trousers on ground 8. SOUNDBITE: (Swahili) Ronald Kiplagat, villager: "There were some people around the tanker and one person came and removed the battery of the tanker and that's when the explosion happened. So the people who surrounded the vehicle caught fire and most people who were close got burned so you couldn't see them either." 9. Mid of men walking around wreckage of tanker 10. Wide of road with another tanker driving past 11. Wide of people gathered in front of sign reading (English) "Ministry of Health, Kericho District Hospital" 12. Mid of people in hospital corridor 13. People injured in explosion in hospital ward 14. Doctor John Kirui treating patient 15. SOUNDBITE: (English) John Kirui, doctor at Kericho District Hospital: "We have one dead so far, who has succumbed to the burns, and we are waiting to airlift some patients to Nairobi, about ten of them at least, those who have about 70 percent of their, of the burn surface area." 16. Various of patients being treated for severe burns 17. SOUNDBITE: (English) William Ruto, Kenya's Minister of Agriculture: "The government is making, fast tracking the transportation of fuel using the pipeline and we are also fast tracking the railway so we can move more goods on the railway line and avoid instances like this where it's possible, but it is upon citizens as well. We cannot, we know that there are issues of hunger and unemployment and poverty, but I don't think the solutions to those problems is to put their lives at great risk." 18. Wide of government officials' vehicles leaving Kericho hospital STORYLINE At least one person was killed and forty-seven people were injured in Kenya on Wednesday when a tanker carrying petrol exploded near the town of Kericho, a doctor at the district hospital said. The injured were taken to Kericho District Hospital where several people were treated for severe burns. John Kirui, a doctor at Kericho District Hospital said that one person had succumbed to their injuries. At least ten patients who had 70 percent burns would be airlifted to a hospital in Nairobi for further treatment, Kirui added. Eyewitness Ronald Kiplagat, who lives near the scene of the explosion, said people had gathered around the tanker to change the engine battery when the fuel somehow ignited. A boot and a pair of charred trousers could be seen on the ground near the smouldering vehicle. A police spokesman warned the public against siphoning fuel from tankers involved in accidents, and said there had been problems in the Kericho area with local people attempting to drive security officers away so they could take fuel from overturned tankers, Kenya's Capital Radio reported. Kenya's Agriculture Minister William Ruto, who visited the hospital, said the government was "fast-tracking" the development of pipelines and railways to transport fuel to try to avoid future tanker accidents. This is the second time a fuel tanker has exploded in Kenya this year. In February an overturned petrol tanker exploded as hundreds of people were trying to scoop up free fuel, killing at least 111 people in the town of Molo. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/4a3ca5de0315ad7d65a1909b7e6c065a Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

• published: 23 Jul 2015
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