Update: het dodental is inmiddels opgelopen tot 99.
Tenminste 99 mensen zijn vrijdag om het leven gekomen toen een tankwagen in Sierra Leone explodeerde. Er zijn zeker 100 gewonden gevallen. De ramp vond plaats in Wellington, ten oosten van de hoofdstad Freetown.
De tankwagen crashte na een botsing met een ander voertuig. Diverse mensen probeerden vervolgens brandstof op te vangen die uit de gescheurde tankwagen stroomde waarop de tankwagen explodeerde.
Ook diverse gebouwen in de omgeving van de explosie vlogen in brand.
Het aantal doden en gewonden is nog niet door overheidsinstanties bevestigd, maar is gebaseerd op berichten uit het plaatselijke mortuarium en plaatselijke ziekenhuizen.
In een online video laat het hoofd van de nationale rampenbestrijdingsdienst weten dat er “heel veel verbrande lichamen zijn” en dat het gaat om een “verschrikkelijk, verschrikkelijk ongeluk”.
Op beelden die rondgaan op social media is te zien hoe talloze gewonde slachtoffers ernstig verbrand zijn over heel hun lichaam. Ook zijn veel dodelijke slachtoffers te zien die deels of bijna geheel zijn verkoold.
Gebruikte bronnen:
Reuters.
Bloomberg.
BBC.
LET OP, ONDERSTAANDE BEELDEN KUNNEN SCHOKKEND ZIJN:
#Aftermath Warning distressing pictorials: many killed and hundreds injured after a catastrophic accident at the East End of Freetown, Sierra Leone – a 40ft-long fuel Tanker exploded last night. #SierraLeoneFueldisaster #SierraLeoneStories #SaloneTwitter pic.twitter.com/P0npidqHrb
— Alie Bittar (@bittar32) November 6, 2021
A fuel tanker explosion in the capital of freetown at 22:00 GMT local time this night has left many dead, hundreds burnt and injured. pic.twitter.com/qoCo9hLKpp
— Bashiru Bah (@bashirubah99) November 5, 2021
#SierraLeone #NationalDisater #Largenumbercasualties
Some of the aftermath of the tragic Tanker explosion last night at Wellington in the East End of Freetown. My deepest condolences to the victims family. #SierraLeoneStories#SierraLeone #RestInPeace #MyPeople pic.twitter.com/QC7Zg3bP4P
— Alie Bittar (@bittar32) November 6, 2021
18+ imagine no emergency fire force , hospitals no beds or drips to treat emergencies but packet water ?? freetown city!! The first lady and president are lavishing the wealth of the people and fools claping sierra leoneans are the most stupid and coward people in Africa pic.twitter.com/tEROt28c14
— Mama Salone (@Salone3Salone) November 6, 2021
#Freetown
Plus de 400 morts (parait-il) dans l’incendie provoquée par l’explosion d’un camion citerne !
Paix aux âmes des victimes ?? pic.twitter.com/rUYJm7iXRG— Djeïdy ?? (@Djeidy47) November 6, 2021
Sierra Leone, Freetown: wat een absurd groot effectgebied ! https://t.co/jwqbHSDshe
— FF (@Tijgernest) November 6, 2021
ALERT: At least 91 people killed as a fuel tanker exploded in a suburb of the Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown. pic.twitter.com/FTmNI82jEZ
— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) November 6, 2021
Tanker explosion kills hundreds at a gas station on Friday night in Wellington a surbub in #Freetown according to Disaster Management Agency rescue efforts underway @AFP pic.twitter.com/YjDpafGGe1
— Mohamed Saidu Bah (@MohamedSaiduBah) November 6, 2021
Citizens video of fire incident at SLPMB #Freetown #SierraLeone #Salonetwitter pic.twitter.com/3bFCagfbKN
— SIERRAEYESALONE (@sierraeyesalone) November 5, 2021
Over 84 charred bodies have been received in various hospitals’ mortuaries due to an explosion that occurred last night at PMB Junction, Wellington in Freetown, Sierra Leone.?? My prayers & condolences go to the families who lost their loved ones. May their souls rest in peace! pic.twitter.com/uCQZ2pjjCU
— General Abraham Lincoln (@Abraham49929853) November 6, 2021
Fuel tanker exploded right inside the capital Freetown which leads to the lost of hundreds of Sierra Leonean lives while some still battling with it. May the souls RIP pic.twitter.com/St1JYj9qr4
— Sammy ?? (@sammy858123) November 6, 2021
Over 400 Sierra Leoneans fell victim of fire accident took place in the eastern part of Freetown, where a fuel tank collided with another truck.May their souls rest in peace .@IMOHQ @OfficialMswgca @VSO_Intl pic.twitter.com/pqHjWdyUZM
— Richmond Kabbah (@RichmondKabbah) November 6, 2021
Dozens of people are feared dead after a gas station exploded on Friday night in the eastern surbub of #Freetown #SierraLeone, rescue efforts continue pic.twitter.com/9QdiR6VIFj
— Ali Hashem علي هاشم (@alihashem_tv) November 6, 2021
A fuel tanker explosion in the capital of freetown at 22:00 GMT local time this night has left many dead, hundreds burnt and injured. pic.twitter.com/qoCo9hLKpp
— Bashiru Bah (@bashirubah99) November 5, 2021
My condolences to all the victims ???? that lost their lives and to the causalities in the explosion of that gas station at PMB Willington Freetown
November 5th 2021
A day I will never forget ,my country Sierra Leone ???? is in sorrow for it citizens ????? pic.twitter.com/fcgwAiQW7G— IBRAHIM FC. BARCELONA ⚽⚽ (@Ibrahim06943990) November 6, 2021
A terrible day for fire victims in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Out of recklessness the driver of a petroleum tanker caused the death of 100s. An inconceivable event as the world watch videos of this petroleum tanker ignite into combustion and destroys 100s of lives and property. pic.twitter.com/OpgZUUCAQG
— Daddy Saj (@daddysaj) November 6, 2021
VID 20211105 WA0092 3 https://t.co/9X5FjVrW3o via @YouTube
A gas tanker fire accidents happening now in Freetown, Sierra Leone, leaving almost 100 dead and several hundred injured. Please Please help save the lives of those hospitalized. https://t.co/DLNPhdfJYh— Amidu Mac Morrison (@AmiduMac) November 6, 2021
Please keep my people in #SierraLeone in your hearts and prayers. We’ve lost many lives and many more injured with severe burns from a #fire accident in #Freetown. #SaloneTwitter pic.twitter.com/Iw2FCAxS1Q
— Dr. Abubakarr Jalloh (@jalloh711) November 6, 2021
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