Sierra Leone: Scores dead in oil tanker explosion at gas station
By DW
08 November 2021 |
3:26 pm
The explosion, in the capital, Freetown, happened as large crowds gathered to collect leaking fuel. The oil tanker was damaged earlier in an accident with a bus.
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