{UAH} A LENYAN TRAIN CRASHES INTO KIBERA

Kenya train crashes into homes in Nairobi's Kibera slum

Police officer: "So far we have removed about six victims who are still breathing but so far they are in stable condition"

Several people have been injured after a freight train crashed into homes in the sprawling Nairobi slum of Kibera, reports from Kenya say.

The train derailed while passing through the slum - one of Africa's largest - on its way to Uganda.

Kenya's Red Cross has tweeted to say scores of people are feared trapped in their damaged homes.

Journalists at the scene said residents were angry at the slow pace of the rescue effort.

Isaac Ongiri from the Daily Nation newspaper said police were trying to find a way of getting rescue equipment into place to help reach the trapped people.

But he said the area was heavily-populated and hard to get to.

"Navigating through the shanties to get to the scene is difficult," he told the BBC.

Other reports suggested the large crowds that had gathered at the scene were also hampering rescue efforts.

There are also reports that a tank containing flammable fuel is leaking on to the tracks.

Teams from the Red Cross and St John Ambulance are helping the rescue.

At least six people have so far been taken to hospital, Transport Minister Joseph Kamau told reporters from Kibera.

Mr Kamau said residents in Kibera had long been warned not to put up houses right next to the railway line.

"We have always warned people against encroaching on the line," he was quoted as saying.

Some of the wounded have been taken to nearby hospitals

Many local residents gathered at the scene, which some reports suggested was also hampering rescue efforts

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