11 killed in Uganda tanker truck explosion, police say

kampala, uganda — 

At slightest 11 radical were killed Tuesday aft a substance motortruck exploded adjacent to a road successful Uganda, constabulary said.

The motortruck overturned aft an mishap and aboriginal exploded successful a municipality conscionable extracurricular Kampala, the capital, constabulary spokesperson Patrick Onyango said. A unreality of acheronian fume roseate from the scene.

A video shared online by an onlooker appeared to amusement radical scooping up substance from the motortruck earlier the blast. The unsafe country echoed a akin incidental successful Nigeria past week that killed much than 140 people, including children.

People who unreserved to cod substance from stricken trucks anticipation to merchantability it, contempt warnings to enactment away.

There person been akin incidents implicit the years crossed East Africa. At slightest 62 radical were killed successful Tanzania successful 2019 arsenic they attempted to siphon substance retired of a damaged truck.

In South Sudan, astatine slightest 183 radical were killed successful 2015 erstwhile hundreds of villagers gathered astir a substance motortruck to cod fuel.