An explosion at an ammunition depot in the Tanzanian economic capital Dar es Salaam at least 30 people have been killed. More than 300 people will be hurt. The rescue work is still ongoing, the government announced. There must be a whole series of explosions have been, which rocked on Wednesday night an ammunition depot of the Tanzanian army: At least 30 people were killed in the capital Dar es Salaam, more than 300 will be injured.
Tanzanian Prime Minister Mizengo Pinto said in Parliament, 23 military buildings, a school and two houses were razed to the ground by the explosions. 4000 people have taken refuge in the National Stadium. According to the Tanzanian Red Cross were at least 150 children in the chaos of night escape away from their families and are now being cared for in an emergency shelter.
The number of victims may rise, it said. Yet the government had no complete overview of the scale. The cause of the explosions was unclear. The ammunition depot is located at the base at Gongo la Mboto, a few kilometers from Dar es Salaam International Airport away. The airport was closed, even on Thursday morning could not launch any aircraft or land there.
The airport was not damaged, said the airport authority. An explosion at another military base in Dar es Salaam 2009, at least 26 people were killed and over 700 others injured.
Tanzanian Prime Minister Mizengo Pinto said in Parliament, 23 military buildings, a school and two houses were razed to the ground by the explosions. 4000 people have taken refuge in the National Stadium. According to the Tanzanian Red Cross were at least 150 children in the chaos of night escape away from their families and are now being cared for in an emergency shelter.
The number of victims may rise, it said. Yet the government had no complete overview of the scale. The cause of the explosions was unclear. The ammunition depot is located at the base at Gongo la Mboto, a few kilometers from Dar es Salaam International Airport away. The airport was closed, even on Thursday morning could not launch any aircraft or land there.
The airport was not damaged, said the airport authority. An explosion at another military base in Dar es Salaam 2009, at least 26 people were killed and over 700 others injured.
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