FREETOWN, Sierra Leone( AP)--An oil tanker exploded near Sierra Leone's capital, killing at least 92 people and severely injuring dozens of others after large crowds gathered to collect leaking fuel, officials and witnesses said Saturday.... The explosion took place late Friday after a bus struck the tanker in Wellington, a suburb just to the east of Freetown.... Injured people whose clothes had burned off in the fire that followed the explosion lay naked on stretchers as nurses attended to th

FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE — An oil tanker exploded near Sierra Leone’s capital, killing at least 92 people and severely injuring dozens of others after large crowds gathered to collect leaking fuel, officials and witnesses said Saturday. The explosion took place late Friday after a bus struck the tanker in Wellington, a suburb just to the east of Freetown. The mortuary at Connaught Hospital reported 92 bodies had been brought in by Saturday morning.... About 30 severely burned victims were not exp

It was not immediately known what caused the leaking fuel to ignite but a massive explosion soon followed. Advertisement Video obtained by The Associated Press showed a giant fireball burning in the night sky as some survivors with severe burns cried out in pain.... Charred remains of the victims lay strewn at the scene, awaiting transport to mortuaries. Nearly 100 injured people were taken to area hospitals, officials said.... Hundreds of people milled outside the main gates of the mortuary a