FREETOWN: At least 98 people have died in a massive explosion that occurred after a fuel tanker collided with a lorry in Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown.
Fuel spilled before igniting an inferno that engulfed bystanders and vehicles at a busy junction.
Footage broadcast by local media outlets showed badly charred bodies in the streets surrounding the tanker.
After visiting the scene, Vice-President Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh said it was a “national disaster”.
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.
(With inputs from BBC)
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