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2021-11-06 Africa Subsaharan
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Sierra Leone explosion: Scores dead after Freetown oil tanker collision
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[BBC] At least 99 people have died after a massive explosion when a fuel tanker collided with a lorry in Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown.
Fuel spilled before igniting and the resulting inferno engulfed bystanders and vehicles at a busy junction.
Footage broadcast by local media outlets showed badly charred bodies in the streets surrounding the tanker.
Some 100 people are being treated in hospitals and health centres around Freetown, some of which are said to be overwhelmed.
The explosion is believed to have happened at a junction outside the busy Choithram Supermarket in the densely populated Wellington suburb in the east of the city at around 22:00 GMT on Friday. 
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Posted by Skidmark 2021-11-06 08:12||
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