Heavy casualties
Just today,Suddenly a major ** incident, scorched corpses everywhere, at leastPeople are killed,Multiple people were injured!Under a loud bang,The windows of the houses in the city center were all shattered, the alarm sounded wildly, and the residents fled for their lives!
According to the latest news from foreign media, in the early morning of December 18, local time, an oil terminal in Conakry, the capital of Guinea, occurredTo at leastPeople die,People are injured!
*Takes place in the Kaloum district, one of Guinea's main oil depot locations.
In the early hours of the morning, everyone had already rested, and at this moment, a shocking noise pierced the silence of the night skyBangEveryone was awakened, have looked out.
I saw that the fire outside the window was full of skylight, and the black smoke was filled, and the scene was very scary.
The impact of this ** was so great that the houses in the city center were damaged, the windows of many houses were directly shattered, and hundreds of residents were forced to flee their homes at night.
The alarm sounded throughout the city, and thick black smoke and raging fire** were visible from several kilometers awayA large number of buildings and vehicles were burned in the fire.
Fire trucks arrived to extinguish the fire, which is now under control, but at least 13 people have been killed and 178 injured, and that number is likely to rise again as rescue operations begin.
The fire department saidAlready charred corpses have been moved to the morgue of the local hospital
At this stage, the flames and smoke at the scene are still continuing, and an emergency notice is issuedAll residents stay at home and don't go out, today is closed and classes are suspended!The Special Crisis Unit has been officially launched and put into the rescue!
In Conakry, with the exception of the defence and security sectors and the medical industry, the rest of the public and private sector workers will remain at homeAll schools, gas stations will be closed!
Residents of the neighborhoods around the city center have also been advised to wear masks and avoid inhaling smoke when they go out.
Some witnesses at the scene said that there were more dead and injured than the current official ones, and at least more than 100 people were killed and injured in this **.
Guinea is not an oil-producing country and has no refining facilities, but imports refined petroleum products, which are mainly stored at the oil depots in Kalum and then distributed throughout the country by tanker trucks.
At present, it is not clear the extent of the damage to the oil depot, and the cause of the oil depot has not been clarified, and the relevant departments have launched an investigation to clarify the attribution of responsibility.
In addition to the oil depot in Kalum, Guinea also has a small oil depot in the port of Kamsar, north of Conakry, which is used by the main mining companies.
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