PARIS, NOVEMBER 18, 2016: (DGW) TEARS, sorrow tailed the blast of a fuel tanker killing at least seventy-three people and critically injuring over one-hundred others while trying to scoop petrol from the truck in the village of Caphiridzange in Mozambique, officials say.
A government statement said the truck exploded in Caphiridzange in Tete province, near the border with Malawi.
One report said that the truck had crashed and people had been trying to siphon off fuel.
Announcing an investigation, information ministry director Joao Manasses said it was also possible that the vehicle had been ambushed by residents.
Government ministers are due to arrive in the area on Friday to oversee the rescue work and the inquiry.
The tanker had been carrying fuel to Malawi from the port city of Beira.
Mozambique is one of the world’s poorest countries, with more than half the 24 million population living below the poverty line.
It gained independence from Portugal in 1975 but is still suffering from the effects of a 16-year civil war that ended in 1992, reports the BBC.
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