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Firefighters spray water on a burnt container after a fuel tanker explosion in Freetown, on November 6, 2021. A fuel Tanker exploded at PMB Wellington Industrial Estate east of Freetown on November 5, 2021. Picture: Saidu BAH / AFP

Sierra leone

Death toll from Sierra Leone tanker blast rises to 144

By AFP

Medics from Italy, Liberia and the World Health Organization have arrived in the country to help treat the injured, Lamarana Bah, head of communications at the...

  • Firefighters spray water on a burnt container after a fuel tanker explosion in Freetown, on November 6, 2021. A fuel Tanker exploded at PMB Wellington Industrial Estate east of Freetown on November 5, 2021. Picture: Saidu BAH / AFP

    Death toll from Sierra Leone tanker blast rises to 131

    The disaster happened when a lorry crashed into a fuel tanker on Friday in an industrial area of Freetown.

    276 days ago
  • Firefighters spray water on a burnt container after a fuel tanker explosion in Freetown, on November 6, 2021. A fuel Tanker exploded at PMB Wellington Industrial Estate east of Freetown on November 5, 2021. Picture: Saidu BAH / AFP

    Sierra Leone must learn from tanker blast, says president

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    279 days ago
  • People look on at burnt cars in the aftermath of a fuel tanker explosion in Freetown on 6 November 2021. Picture: AFP

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    280 days ago
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  • FILE: Sierra Leone president Julius Maada Bio. Picture: AFP.

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    866 days ago
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    966 days ago
  • FILE: Idris Elba. Picture: @idriselba/Twitter

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    967 days ago
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