Posted on 11/06/2021 5:36:11 AM PDT by dynachrome
Ninety-one people were killed and over 100 wounded in the capital of Sierra Leone on Friday when a fuel tanker exploded following a collision, the central morgue and local authorities said.
The government has not yet confirmed the death toll, but the manager of the central state morgue in Freetown said it had received 91 bodies following the explosion.
A further 100 casualties have been admitted for treatment at hospitals and clinics across the capital, deputy health minister Amara Jambai told Reuters.
Victims included people who had flocked to collect fuel leaking from the ruptured vehicle, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, mayor of the port city, said initially in a post on Facebook that was later edited to remove the reference.
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Video of the aftermath
91 people dead in fuel tanker blast in Sierra Leone capital
https://rumble.com/vot26h-91-people-dead-in-fuel-tanker-blast-in-sierra-leone-capital.html
Video of the aftermath
91 people dead in fuel tanker blast in Sierra Leone capital
https://rumble.com/vot26h-91-people-dead-in-fuel-tanker-blast-in-sierra-leone-capital.html
Old story, in Africa they seem to repeat these horrors over and over.
Imagine being so poor and stupid you rush to the scene of an accident with a bucket to collect a gallon of gas. Coming to America ‘yall
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_explosions
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Before anyone concludes “oh well, it’s a poor African nation, these type crashes/explosions are rare in the rest of the world”................check out this list. Many, many in U.S.
No video at the link. Do you have to belong to rumble to view their content?
No video at the link. Do you have to belong to rumble to view their content?
No you don’t have to be a member
the video is there for me
No video at the link. Do you have to belong to rumble to view their content?
No you don’t have to be a member
the video is there for me
Tankers crash then burn all over the world. It’s only in impoverished third world countries do people rush to the scene with containers to loot the fuel and then the inevitable happens.
I think I saw my old Members Only jacket in the video.
a truck crashes, a pipeline bursts, people gather to scarf up the fuel and someone lights up a cigarette.
Whoosh! Many dead.
I have heard that many times about Africa in the last fifty years.
Think of it as evolution in action.
Dreadful. RIP to the victims.
Bad move!
Bad move!
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