FREETOWN: At least 80 people were killed in an explosion at a fuel depot in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, a rescuer worker said Saturday.
“We recovered 80 bodies from the site of the accident last night with our ambulances,” a rescue worker from the Red Cross told AFP, adding rescue operations were ongoing on Saturday morning.
#BREAKING At least 80 dead in Sierra Leone fuel depot blast: Red Cross pic.twitter.com/U5PgiS8MTT
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) November 6, 2021