Huge explosions rock Equatorial Guinea's main city

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At least 20 people have reportedly died and hundreds more have been injured in the city of Bata.

At least 20 people have died and hundreds more have been injured in a series of explosions in Equatorial Guinea, local media report.

Around 300 people were injured following the blasts, which happened near a military barracks in the main city of Bata on Sunday.The cause of the explosions is unclear, but officials told the TVGE television station that it was not an attack. State television showed people looking for survivors in the rubble and lifting up debris from collapsed buildings.

In a series of tweets, the health ministry asked for volunteer health workers to go to Bata Regional Hospital. It has also asked for blood donations due to the high number of casualties. Hasta ahora se desconoce el número total de fallecidos pero se estima que hay alrededor de 300 heridos.⚠️El personal sanitario voluntario que quiera ayudar que se persone al Hospital Regional de Bata.

 

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I really hope this is not a beginning of a civil war...oh jeez

Geez.

😥

Can we please, as humans, learn to properly store shit that can explode?

So sad, those poor people. 😢😢😢

They out here still blowing up each other in a pandemic

Donald Trump must be there somewhere

Change of Government coming up, a Coup perhaps .....

Bloody hell, another holiday I’m going to have to cancel. ☹️

And what's going on in Saudi Arabia right now?

DemopJ 👀

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