SUKHDEV CHHATBAR, Associated Press Writer, anataarifu:
ARUSHA, Tanzania – Huge blasts rocked an ammunition dump at an army camp in Tanzania's commercial capital on Wednesday, officials said.
Several people were feared dead, according to police spokesman Mohamed Mhina. The blasts lasted for about two hours and fires were still burning two hours after that, he said.
Local media reports said houses around the military base were on fire and several people had been injured. Local schools have called parents to come pick up their children. The blast rattled windows in houses 37 miles (60 kilometers) away, said resident Kate Esmail.
William Nchimbi, the deputy defense minister, said bombs, bullets and other ammunition exploded in an armory at the Bagala Army Camp in the coastal city of Dar es Salaam.
"We have formed a team to assess the source and the loss incurred," Nchimbi told journalists in the northeastern town of Arusha, where he was attending a regional leaders' meeting. He did not take any questions.
Ammunition dumps are volatile and easily ignited. The Bagala Army Camp is surrounded by civilian homes but is far from downtown Dar es Salaam.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
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Asante kwa taarifa. Ila Mhindi kaandika Bagala badala ya Mbagala.
pole kwa wote waliofikwa na hili janga. ajali kama hizi zimekwisha kutokea kwenya nchi nyingi hapa duniani haswa zile za third world. hii ndio inanmbiwa watu wasijenge nyumba karibu na ammunition dumps.
Hii ni mara ya pili chini ya miaka 5 hivi! Huko Ukonga!
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