A contraband dynamite stock exploded Monday afternoon on an orppling site in the southwestern country. The provisional, heavy balance sheet, reports at least 55 dead, and as many wounded.
Le Monde with AFP
The deadly accident occurred Monday 22 February on the Gomgombiro golden website, in southwestern Burkina Faso. “We have 55 bodies on the site,” said the High Commissioner of the province of Poni Antoine Marie Sylvanus Doamba, who went to the scene of the drama. A hospital source has also reported 55 deaths and says he identified at least 55 wounded, including women and children. “The balance sheet could rise since wounded are still in a critical state and their vital prognosis is seriously committed,” she said. The national television of Burkina Faso has announced a temporary assessment of 59 deaths.
“The victims were killed by an explosion caused by a fire on a storage storage area of smuggling” which also makes “market office on the orppling site”, explained a living in Gomgombiro . He described “horror scenes”, uprooted or calcined trees and a “wide crater” on the scene of the drama.