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Fuel tanker blast in Sierra Leone capital kills at least 91

People watch burnt car and motorcycles after a fuel tanker explosion in Freetown, Sierra Leone November 6, 2021. [Reuters]

Ninety-one people were killed and over 100 wounded in the capital of Sierra Leone on Friday when a fuel tanker exploded following a collision, the central morgue and local authorities said.

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