2012-03-05 13:00:50

Short circuit blamed for Congo blast


Homes and buildings collapsed in the Congolese capital after an arms depot exploded Sunday, killing at least 206 people. Countless others were entombed in crushed structures including two churches that buckled while parishioners were celebrating Mass.

The shock waves shattered windows in a three-mile radius surrounding the barracks storing the munitions, including across the river that separates Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of Congo, from Kinshasa, the capital of the larger Central African nation of Congo.

A Government spokesman blamed a short-circuit for the fire that set off the successive blasts.

Some 1,500 people were injured.

The president said that the government was doing it all it could to launch a rescue effort.








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