DR Congo fuel truck victims buried in mass graves

The bodies of some of the scores of people killed in a fuel truck explosion in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been buried in mass graves. At least 230 people were killed when the overturned oil tanker exploded and sparked a fire in Sange village. Some of those who died were trying to collect leaking fuel but others were trapped inside buildings, including a cinema, by the blaze. UN peacekeepers, aid workers and troops have been helping the injured. As Saturday wore on, Red Cross teams carried bodies wrapped in plastic sheeting to two mass graves outside the village, the Associated Press reports. Jean-Claude Kibala, South Kivu's vice-governor, said scenes in the village were "terrible". "There are lots of dead bodies on the streets. The population is in terrible shock - no-one is crying or speaking," he said.  Above - some of those who died in Friday night's blaze, in Sange village near the border with Burundi, were trying to collect fuel leaking from the overturned vehicle. Peacekeepers had reportedly urged people to leave the area before the explosion.

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