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Deadly Gas Explosion at Khartoum Factory

A gas tanker exploded at a ceramics factory in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, killing at least 23 people. Eyewitnesses said the tanker exploded while a shipment was being unloaded. Local news station Radio Dabanga is saying that more than 130 people were injured in the explosion and subsequent fire.

Radio Dabanga

A pall of acrid smoke rises above the Sila ceramics factory in Khartoum.

SUNA/Radio Dabanga

The destruction after the gas explosion and subsequent fire that ‘completely gutted’ the Sila ceramics factory and impacted on surrounding buildings in Kober district in Khartoum Bahri (North).

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