Tanzania fuel tanker blast: At least 60 dead and 70 injured

At least 60 people have died in an oil tanker explosion in Tanzania, local authorities said.

The vehicle overturned on the road in Morogoro, 175 kilometers west of Dar es Salaam, according to Kebwe Stephene, the regional commissioner of Morogoro.

The wrecked tanker attracted a large crowd of people trying to collect fuel, Stephene said. When it exploded, many were caught in the blast.

Stephene told journalists that more people were injured at the scene of the accident and that the death toll could rise.

The road connecting Morogoro with Dar es Salaam, the country's most populous city and former capital, is one of Tanzania's key throughways, used to transport imports and exports to and from the coast.

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