Share:At least 91 people died on Friday after a fuel tanker exploded in a suburb of Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, according to authorities in the West African country. Mohamed Lamrane Bah, director of communications for Sierra Leone's National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA), told CNN that several people were also in critical condition following the explosion. Authorities have transferred injured people to hospitals and collected the bodies, and the rescue effort at the scene has ended, Bah added. Dozens of people were killed in the explosion, according to authorities in the West African country. "My sympathies go out to the families and loved ones of the victims of the explosion.

Source: The Nation November 06, 2021 20:21 UTC