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Tanzania Mourns 69 Killed in Fuel Tanker Blast

Agence France-Presse

   MOROGORO, TANZANIA - Tanzania was in mourning Sunday, preparing to bury
   69 people who perished when a crashed fuel tanker exploded as crowds
   rushed to syphon off leaking petrol.

   President John Magufuli declared a period of mourning through Monday
   following the deadly blast near the town of Morogoro, west of Dar es
   Salaam.

   He will be represented at the funerals by Prime Minister Kassim
   Majaliwa, an official statement said.

   "We're currently mourning the loss of 69 people, the last of whom died
   while being transferred by helicopter to the national hospital in Dar
   es Salaam," Majaliwa told residents in comments broadcast on Tanzanian
   television.

   The number of injured stood at 66, he said.

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