Families grieve loved ones after blaze kills 34 at illegal Benin fuel depot


Sémè-Kraké (Benin) (AFP) – Families grieve their loved ones after an explosion at a contraband fuel depot in Benin killed at least 34 people on 23 September. “Four members of my family perished in the flames”, says Antoine Djanta. The fire erupted at a warehouse for smuggled fuel in the southern Benin town of Seme Podji near the border with Nigeria.

©AFP

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