One year of pain: Mradi explosion survivors still nursing wounds

It has been one year since the night of February 1, 2024, when the Mradi area of Embakasi, Nairobi, was engulfed in thick smoke, leaving several residents with lifelong scars.

What began as an ordinary evening quickly turned into a nightmare for residents, as a gas explosion ripped through the neighbourhood, leaving death, destruction, and lifelong scars in its wake.