Dozens killed as gas tanker explodes in Liberia
Al Jazeera
Some locals flocked to the scene and took the leaking gas from the tanker when it exploded.
At least 40 people have died after a gas tanker exploded in northcentral Liberia, the country’s Chief Medical Officer Francis Kateh said on Wednesday.
Late Tuesday, a fuel truck crashed in Totota, Lower Bong Country, about 130km (80 miles) from the capital, Monrovia – after exploding, the blast killed and injured many who had flocked to the scene.
Kateh told local news on Wednesday that it was difficult to determine the number of victims because some had been reduced to ashes, but he estimates that 40 people were killed in the incident.
“We have our team going from home to home to check those that are missing,” he told the French news agency AFP.
Police had earlier put the death toll at 15 and said that at least 30 others were injured as locals gathered at the scene.
