A fire engulfed Kenya’s main airport on
Wednesday, forcing the suspension of international passenger flights and
choking a vital travel gateway to east Africa.
The country’s anti-terror police boss
said he did not believe that there was a terror link to the fire even
though it coincided with the 15th anniversary of a twin attack by
Islamist militants on the United States embassy in Nairobi and Dar es
Salaam, the commercial capital of neighboring Tanzania.
The raging blaze engulfed the terminal
buildings and lit up the early morning sky, sending billowing clouds of
black smoke rising in a plume that was visible from miles away.
The intense heat repeatedly drove back
firefighters who battled for five hours to put out the fire, the worst
on record at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, east Africa’s busiest.
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