Thirteen people were killed and others seriously burned when a "huge fireball" engulfed a crowd in Kenya as they siphoned fuel from an overturned petrol truck that ignited without warning.

13 dead in 'fireball' as petrol tanker explodes in Kenya

News reports said the driver had suffered burns and has been admitted to hospital in MP's Narsinghpur

Watch: Tanker catches fire at petrol station but, to save lives, driver steers it to safety

Reports had earlier said that the tanker had been hijacked on January 9, however, another hijack is not ruled out yet

MT Marine Express-Petrol tanker with 22 Indians still not located

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