By REUTERS More by this AuthorA fire at a military ammunition depot in Chad’s capital N’Djamena triggered a series of blasts on Tuesday night, Foreign Affairs Minister Koulamallah Abderaman said, with witnesses saying at least one person was killed and several wounded. A resident of a neighbourhood near the depot said he saw three wounded people on the street, two of which were rushed to hospital on motorbikes. “Loud blasts woke us up,” resident Moustapha Adoum Mahamat told Reuters via telephone. Then we saw a big fire at the military camp and smoke and things exploding in the air,” he said. AdvertisementThe fire broke out just a few kilometres away from Chad’s main international airport, which authorities said was not affected.

Source: Daily Nation June 19, 2024 13:57 UTC