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The Guardian - UK
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Fuel truck explosion kills at least 230 people in Congo

Congo tanker explosion: Residents walk across the courtyard of the town of Sange, Congo
Residents walk through the charred streets of Sange, the village hit by the fireball from the tanker explosion
Photograph: Marc Hofer/AP
Congo tanker explosion: 10-year-old Olivier Jerrard who survived an oil explosion rests in Sange
10-year-old Olivier Jerrard is treated for burns suffered when the fireball from the tanker explosion hit Sange
Photograph: Marc Hofer/AP
Congo tanker explosion: A Congolese soldier stands guard at the site of an oil tanker explosion
A soldier stands guard to deter looters at the site of the oil tanker explosion
Photograph: Marc Hofer/AP
Congo tanker explosion: Medics and UN peacekeepers stand beside the bagged bodies of victims
The bodies of those killed in the fireball are laid out at a makeshift outdoor morgue in Sange
Photograph: EPA
Congo tanker explosion: A burned man who survived an oil explosion raises his hand at a hospital
A survivor of the oil tanker explosion is treated for burns at a hospital in Sange
Photograph: Marc Hofer/AP
Congo tanker explosion: A woman walks past the burned out wreckage of a tanker truck
A local resident walks past the burned-out wreckage of the fuel truck in Sange
Photograph: Marc Hofer/AP
Congo tanker explosion: A boy inspects the aftermath of oil tanker explosion in Sange
A boy inspects the aftermath of the oil tanker explosion in Sange
Photograph: Marc Hofer/AP
Congo tanker explosion: A resident of the town of Sange, Congo, inspects a fire damaged building
A local resident peers into the interior of a restuarant that was gutted by the fireball from the tanker explosion
Photograph: Marc Hofer/AP
Congo tanker explosion: Residents of the town of Sange, Congo, watch a mass grave
Local residents watch as the victims of the fuel tanker explosion are buried in a mass grave
Photograph: Marc Hofer/AP
Congo tanker explosion: A UN engineer uses a heavy equipment to bury victims' bodies
A UN engineer uses a bulldozer to help bury the victims of the fuel tanker explosion
Photograph: Marc Hofer/AP
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