Oh No Tears Flow Like River as 99 people burnt to death in fuel tanker explosion
People watch burnt car
and motorcycles after a fuel tanker explosion in Freetown, Sierra Leone Nov. 6,
2021. National Disaster Management Agency-Sierra Leone/Handout via REUTERS.
At least 99 persons
scooping petrol from a fallen fuel tanker were roasted and more than 100 others were injured in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone.
The fuel tanker had
fallen following a collision, but it later exploded, local authorities said.
The accident occurred
in a busy street in the capital Freetown.
Some surrounding shops
and cars caught fire, they said.
Staff at a hospital
near the accident site confirmed to dpa on Saturday that rescue workers had
brought in 80 bodies during the night.
The local television
station AYV spoke of 400 victims on Saturday morning.
President Julius Maada
Bio, who was attending the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow is
expected in Freetown shortly, a government spokesperson said.
Due to the “tragic
accident,’’ Bio had cancelled a planned trip to a meeting of the West African
Economic Community ECOWAS in Ghana .(dpa/NAN)
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