Fuel truck explosion injures two in Juba

Two men have sustained serious injuries after a fuel truck exploded at Suk-mamur, about three hundred meters behind the national security headquarters on Thursday evening.

According to eyewitnesses, a man was trying to wield the tank when fuel vapor ignited, causing the explosion.

The unidentified wielder is said to have sustained serious burns while a nearby shopkeeper suffered a cut on the head.

The artillery-like explosion shook the entire neighborhood, causing a brief stampede.

Locals in the area say the windscreens of cars parked at the trading center were broken as a result of the vibration.

A businesswoman in Suk-mamur who only prefers to be identified as Hellen narrated to Eye Radio how it happened.

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The injured have been rushed to Giada Military Hospital.

An Eye Radio journalist who visited the scene described it as a “garage that appeared to be a scrapyard.”

There were no signs of firefighters at the scene, but police later arrived to find no active fire but a murmuring crowd.

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