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Tanzania tanker blast kills dozens as crowd siphons fuel

By Reuters
12 Aug 2019 | 10:28 am |

A fuel tanker exploded in eastern Tanzania on Saturday (August 10) killing at least 60 people, authorities said, as flames ripped through a crowd that had gathered to siphon petrol from it.

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