Dozens killed in Mozambique truck blast

A badly burned child arrives at the Provincial Hospital in Tete on November 17, 2016, after a truck carrying petrol burst into flames. Dozens were killed and 110 others injured on November 17 when a truck carrying petrol blew up in western Mozambique, the government said in a statement. Image by: AMOS ZACARIAS / AFP
A badly burned child arrives at the Provincial Hospital in Tete on November 17, 2016, after a truck carrying petrol burst into flames. Dozens were killed and 110 others injured on November 17 when a truck carrying petrol blew up in western Mozambique, the government said in a statement. Image by: AMOS ZACARIAS / AFP
At least 73 people were killed and scores more injured when an oil tank truck burst into flames in a village in western Mozambique on Thursday, the nation's public radio announced.

"The death toll of the incident is now 73," state-run Radio Mocambique announced, citing authorities in Tete.

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