92 people dead after oil tanker explosion in Sierra Leone – FOX 13 Memphis

The tanker exploded in a suburb of Freetown, the nation’s capital, according to the BBC.

The mortuary at Connaught Hospital reported 92 bodies had been brought in by Saturday morning, according to the AP.

Deeply saddened to hear about the explosion along Bai Bureh Road, Wellington, after a bowser carrying fuel collided with a truck.

In 2019, a tanker explosion in eastern Tanzania killed 85 people, according to Reuters.

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