[(Title)] 15 people die, 70 injured in Nairobi

Fifteen people have died and 70 others were injured when a fire swept through a market and nearby homes in central Nairobi in the early hours of Thursday.

周四凌晨，一场火灾席卷内罗毕中心一处市场和附近的房屋，有15人死亡，70人受伤。

According to a senior official, the blaze broke out in a timber yard, and spread through Gikomba market and nearby apartments and shanties before being contained.

据一位高级官员说，大火在一家木材院爆发，在控制之前从Gikomba市场及附近的公寓和棚屋蔓延开来。

Gikomba is one of the largest informal markets located in the densely crowded downtown part of the city.

Gikomba是位于城市人口稠密市区的最大非正式市场之一。

Traders sell everything from second-hand clothes to hardware. The market is not foreign to fires and has been damaged several times before.

Nairobi Senator, Sakaja Johnson says,  "Some of the victims of this morning's fire were taken to Kenyatta National Hospital. Dozens more have been injured in the fire."

内罗毕参议员Sakaja Johnson说，"今天上午火灾的一些受害者被送往Kenyatta国立医院，更多的人因火灾受伤。“

Hospital officials said there were four children among the dead. However, the cause of the fire is yet to be established.

医院官员表示，死者中有四名儿童，但火灾的原因尚待确定。

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