Several dead in Kigogwa fuel tanker explosion

Several people are reported dead and scores injured after a fuel tanker overturned and burst into flames at Kigogwa Town on Kampala-Bombo road in Kasangati, Wakiso District. 

Police said Tuesday that a multi-agency response team “swiftly responded to the scene” following the 3pm explosion. 

Eyewitnesses said some of the residents died in the fire as they rushed to siphon fuel from the tanker.

Several buildings and cars were destroyed in the fire.