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Infant killed as fire leaves 700 homeless in Turkana village

An aerial view of Todonyang village in Turkana County [Peter Ochieng, Standard]

A two-year-old baby was burnt to death and seven people injured after a fire reduced homes to ashes in a village in Turkana North along the Kenya-Ethiopia border.

Deputy County Commissioner Daniel Omukoko said the fire left about 700 people homeless.

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