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at least 99 people have died, and more than 100 others have been injured, after an oil tanker exploded in sierra leone. the truck was in collision with a lorry at a busyjunction in the capital freetown. umara fofana has the very latest. the blast happened in eastern freetown after a truck rammed into a petrol tanker. people rushed to collect the leaking fuel, causing a heavy trafficjam, according to eyewitness accounts. there was a vast explosion, leaving fireballs spreading through the crowds. vehicles in the traffic jam were set alight. hospitals in freetown are overwhelmed with injured people, many in critical condition. most of the dead have been taken to the central mortuary. we started transporting bodies from 11 until four o'clock. the last set of bodies, i had to convey them with some soldiers to the morgue, for us to get a total headcount.

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