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August 21, 2019
The death toll from a fuel truck explosion inTanzania on August 10 hit 100 on Wednesday after several victims perished fromsevere burns.
A spokesman for the National Hospital in Dar esSalaam, Aminiel Aligaesha, told reporters “two people died on Tuesday duringthe day, and another on Tuesday night”, bringing the total number of dead to100.
Officials had put the tally at 95 on Sunday, andanother two people were announced dead on Monday.
At least 30 of the victims died in the days afterthe accident, in which a fireball engulfed a crowd thronging to collect petrolfrom an overturned tanker near Morogoro, 200 kilometres west of Dar es Salaam.
Officials said the explosion was triggered when aman tried to take the truck’s battery, creating sparks that ignited the fuel.
A doctor at the hospital, speaking on condition of anonymity,said that most of those who survived the initial blast had suffered burns onover 80 per cent of their body.
Many of the victims are motorbike taxi drivers whorushed to the scene to try to siphon off leaking petrol.