TRIPOLI : At least five people were killed and 50 injured late on Sunday when a fire broke out in a truck transporting diesel fuel to a town in southern Libya, medical and security sources told Reuters. The three medical sources said five bodies were found burned either inside or near vehicles, adding that the death toll was expected to rise as there were serious cases among the injured. "The truck was involved in a traffic accident and overturned," the security source said. The source said that after the truck overturned but before it set on fire some people from other cars had approached it to try and take fuel from the truck's tank. In many cities citizens have to wait in long queues, sometimes for hours, to refuel their vehicles.

Source: Libya Today August 01, 2022 11:44 UTC