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Lucky to be alive: Burn survivors tell chilling stories

People participating in the Fire Safety & Burns Awareness Week organized by Bio Oil and Kenyatta Hospital. [Wilberforce Okwiri/Standard]

For 21 years now, Gertrude Katula has braved the burden of the scars on her body. At the tender age of three, and sleeping by the fire-place to beat the night cold, her clothes caught fire and left permanent imprints all over her body.

Alone that fateful night, and with her left torso burnt, she fought a lone battle, shaking off the clothes and writhing in pain until rescue arrived.

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