Guineans on Tuesday found themselves grappling with soaring fuel costs after an explosion wrought havoc on the West African nation's main energy depot.
This shocking footage shows a huge explosion at an oil depot in Guinea - with a fireball damaging buildings almost a mile away. The cause of the explosion is still unknown.
Residents in Guinea’s capital on Tuesday woke up to rising costs of transportation after authorities closed gas stations as a major explosion and ensuing fire left several dead, hundreds injured and could now disrupt the supply of gas across the West African nation. At least 18 people were killed, more than 200 injured and hundreds displaced by Monday’s blaze that followed an explosion at the country’s main fuel depot in the capital, Conakry, ripping through structures mostly in the Coronthie area that is home to some of the country’s poorest households. Four more deaths were confirmed on Tuesday, bringing the total death toll to 18, while 85 of the 212 injured people were still receiving treatment in hospitals, government spokesperson Ousmane Gaoual Diallo said on state television, adding that the fire affected 738 households.