A bush fire fanned by gusty winds has gutted four villages in South Sudan’s Western Bahr el Ghazal region, killing 33 people.
The president’s spokesman said, in a statement that 60 other people were in a critical condition, adding the toll was likely to rise.
The injured are receiving medication which is not sufficient given the remote state of the area in which the incident has taken place
Information minister, Mathok Wal, Lol State’s said the fire had also destroyed 138 houses in the villages in Korok East County and killed 10,000 cattle.
