Scores killed in Mozambique fuel lorry explosion
November 17, 2016
At least 73 people have been killed and more than 100 wounded after a lorry carrying fuel blew up in western Mozambique, according to the government.
In a statement on Thursday, officials said that the vehicle had overturned while transporting fuel to Malawi from the port city of Beira.
“The incident occurred when citizens tried to take petrol from a truck” in a small village in Tete province, the statement said. “Because of the heat, the truck burst into flames.”
The initial death toll stood at 43, but official later raised it to 73. At least 110 others suffered burns, the government said.
A local journalist told AFP news agency the lorry had crashed on Wednesday and exploded on Thursday afternoon, as scores of people tried to siphon off fuel.
The victims included children. The injured victims were taken to Tete provincial hospital.
The government aims to send three ministers to the scene on Friday to monitor the rescuers’ work.
Mozambique is one of the world’s poorest nations, according to the International Monetary Fund, and since its civil war ended in 1992 its population has suffered the consequences of an economic crisis.
The government recently increased the price of fuel, after the value of the local currency sunk against the US dollar.
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