(CNN) At least 31 people died in multiple explosions at a military base in the port city of Bata, in Equatorial Guinea, the Central African country's health ministry confirmed in a statement on social media Monday. More than 400 were injured and many missing under the rubble, the ministry had said after the huge blasts on Sunday. #MINSABS pic.twitter.com/IGvLEqKVc4 — Guinea Salud (@GuineaSalud) March 8, 2021Resident Carmen Alebeso said the scenes resembled the detonation of an atomic bomb. Alebeso told CNN she was in her car when the first blast happened at around 2 p.m. local time on Sunday. We saw the typical image of an atomic bomb in front of us.

Source: CNN March 08, 2021 17:37 UTC