Death toll from Kigogwa fuel tanker explosion rises after two succumb to burns

The death toll from a fuel tanker explosion at Kigogwa town on Kampala-Bombo Road in Wakiso District has risen to 26 after two more people succumbed to injuries in hospital.

Police said Monday that the two died Sunday evening following the October 22 explosion which happened after the fuel tanker overturned before exploding into fire moments later as residents jostled to siphon fuel.

Preliminary information from the police shows that the fire which also burnt several homes, shops and motorcycles, started from a nearby charcoal stove on which maize was being roasted.