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Fuel tanker explodes killing 57 in Tanzania accident: Police

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AFP Nairobi

Fifty-seven people died Saturday when a fuel tanker exploded after an accident at Morogoro, 200 kilometres (120 miles) west of the Tanzanian capital Dar es Salaam, police said.

"There was a big blast which has so far killed at least 57 people," mainly people trying to collect leaking fuel, regional police chief Willbrod Mtafungwa told reporters.

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First Published: Aug 10 2019 | 2:30 PM IST

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