Explosion at military depot

Residents near a military camp in Bujumbura fled in panic after explosions erupted from an army ammunition depot in the Musaga area. The blasts killed at least 13 people and wounded 57 more, including three Burundian Soldiers. Officials said the explosions, which sent projectiles raining down on nearby neighbourhoods and plumes of smoke rising above the city were sparked by an electrical accident at the main ammunition depot of the Burundi National Defence Force (FDNB) main ammunition depot The fire spread quickly and triggered a wave of explosions felt well beyond the base. A senior police officer at the site said a water shortage hampered firefighting efforts. He said in a joint report by Agence France-Presse (AFP) and Reuters that the “massive inferno” left the base camp “reduced to ashes.”