At least 91 were killed when an oil tanker exploded at a busy junction in Sierra Leone
Some victims were reportedly collecting fuel from the damaged tanker after it crashed when it exploded The fuel carrier was involved in a collision in Freetown, the capital city, last night.
The full death toll is not yet known but the central state morgue has reported receiving dozens of bodies so far. The tragedy is believed to have taken place outside a supermarket in the Wellington region of the city at around 10pm.Brima Bureh Sesay, head of the National Disaster Management Agency, said: ‘We’ve got so many casualties, burnt corpses. It’s a terrible, terrible accident.’Motorbikes and buildings in the vicinity were destroyed by fire
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