Six dead in Libya and over 50 injured in a fuel truck blast in Sebha, Libya.
At least six people were killed and dozens injured on Monday when a fuel truck exploded in southwestern Libya, medics said.
So far the precise causes of the blast were not clear.
It happened when a crowd flocked around the tanker as it headed to resupply a petrol station in the Bent Bayyah district.
A stampede occurred, followed by a massive explosion that set several cars on fire, according to images posted online.
Six dead in Libya
An official at the main hospital in Sebha, six people had died. and more than 50 wounded were admitted to Sebha hospital.
Many of the wounded were in critical condition, said a security source in Sebha.
Interim Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah tweeted that his government was “closely following” the incident.
“We have ordered a crisis cell to urgently transfer the wounded to major hospitals,” he said.
Fuel truck blast in Sebha
Sebha is based in the south of Libya hundreds of miles from the capital Tripoli.
Libya has Africa’s largest oil reserves. Since the death of Col. Gaddafi law and order has fallen to an all-time low.
The county is in freefall and chronic corruption and theft for smuggling to neighbouring countries mean that the pumps often run dry.
Southern Libya is particularly affected by poor services and a lack of investment, the fuel truck blast in Sebha is not an isolated incident.
More than a decade since the overthrow of their former deposed leader Moamer Gaddafi in a NATO-backed 2011 uprising.
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