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At least 100 killed in Sierra Leone fuel tanker explosion
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- 06 November, 2021
- 09:17
At least 100 people died after a fuel tanker exploded in a suburb of Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, according to authorities in the West African country.
Freetown Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr said in a statement on Facebook that she was "saddened to hear about an explosion along Bai Bureh Road, Wellington, after a truck carrying fuel collided with another truck."
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