Kenya's government has declared a week of mourning after two fatal fires in the country in the past five days.
At least 25 people were killed in a fire at a supermarket in Nairobi, and more than 100 died when a petrol tanker exploded near the town of Molo.
Flags will fly at half mast and all official functions have been postponed to mark "a national disaster.
The Kenyan authorities have been criticised what some say is a failure to address public safety.
On Saturday, at least 111 people died in Molo in the Rift Valley, after an overturned road tanker caught fire and exploded.
Hundreds of people were gathered around the tanker to collect spilled fuel when the fire broke out.
Prime Minister Raila Odinga said that had highlighted the desperate condition of Kenya's poorest people.
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