Death toll rises to 193 in fuel tanker explosion in South Sudan

The death toll in South Sudan’s fuel tanker explosion has risen to 193 and the government has declared three days of mourning. It has been confirmed by Patrick Raphael Zamoi, the governor of Western Equatoria state where the explosion happened that more injured have succumbed to the inevitable.
This has been reported in indianexpress.com dated 19 September 2015.

It seems hundreds of people had collected to scoop the gasoline from a leaking truck which had veered into a ditch outside Maridi town when, suddenly, the tank exploded due to unknown reasons.
In the opinion of Zamoi, the death toll could go up even further because the official count is only includes those who died on the spot or in hospital and there could be many more still unaccounted for or may have died at home.
Incidentally, such fuel tanker explosions are common in East Africa, where the poor residents who live near the highways converge around fuel tankers after accidents in order to steal gas – it is apparently a way of life for them.
(Image courtesy wikimediacommons.org)

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