{"id":677770,"date":"2019-08-10T12:10:09","date_gmt":"2019-08-10T12:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"28\">Fifty \u2014 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.<\/p>\n<p class"},"modified":"2019-08-10T12:10:09","modified_gmt":"2019-08-10T12:10:09","slug":"uganda-fuel-tanker-explodes-killing-57-in-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/10\/uganda-fuel-tanker-explodes-killing-57-in-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"Uganda: Fuel Tanker Explodes Killing 57 in Accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"28\">Fifty \u2014 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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"30\">Most of the victims were motorcyclists and food vendors who thronged the accident scene to collect leaking fuel from the truck that overturned on the Morogoro Dar es Salaam Highway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"6\">Their bodies were burnt beyond recognition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"28\">&#8220;There was a big blast which has so far killed at least 57 people,&#8221; mainly people trying to collect leaking fuel, regional police chief Willbrod Mtafungwa told reporters.<\/p>\n<p><!--\/.story-footer-link--><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fifty \u2014 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. 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