坦桑尼亚坠毁的油罐车爆炸，造成57人死亡

坦桑尼亚坠毁的油罐车爆炸，造成57人死亡

A fuel tanker has exploded in Tanzania, killing dozens as flames ripped through crowds that had gathered to siphon petrol from it.

坦桑尼亚一辆油罐车发生爆炸，数十人死亡，大火吞噬了聚集在那里吸汽油的人群。

State broadcaster TBC Taifa said 57 people were killed and 65 injured.

国家广播电台tbc taifa报道，57人死亡，65人受伤。

Video clips from the accident scene circulating on social media showed the charred remains of dozens of young men.

在社会媒体上流传的事故现场的视频片段显示，数十名年轻人被烧焦。

Footage from before the explosion showed a large crowd collecting liquid from puddles in yellow jerry cans after the vehicle crashed.

爆炸前的录像显示，汽车撞毁后，一大群人从装着黄色杰瑞罐的水坑里收集液体。

"The situation is really bad. Many people died, here even those who were not stealing fuel because this is a busy place," Daniel Ngogo, an eye witness, told Reuters.

“情况真的很糟糕。许多人死了，甚至那些不偷燃料仅仅是看热闹的人也死了。”目击者丹尼尔·恩戈戈告诉路透社。

"The fire was huge and it was challenging to rescue victims. I have seen about 65 to 70 people being rescued because the fire was fast spreading across the accident area."

“大火非常大，营救遇难者非常困难。我已经看到大约65到70人获救，大火在事故地区迅速蔓延。”

The explosion occurred in Morogoro, a settlement around 200 km west of the capital Dar es Salaam.

爆炸发生在首都达累斯萨拉姆以西约200公里的莫罗戈罗。

"We have been saddened by reports of an accident involving a fuel truck in Morogoro, which caught fire and burnt several people," government spokesman Hassan Abbasi said on Twitter.

政府发言人哈桑·阿巴斯在推特上表示：“我们对莫罗戈罗的一辆燃料车事故的报道感到悲伤，这起事故导致数人起火并被烧伤。”