Tanzania on Saturday, 11th August lost over 71 people who were trying to collect leaking petrol from an overturned fuel tanker in the town of Morogoro, west of the economic capital Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
71 people were confirmed death, along with 59 injured.
Most of the 71 people who died while trying to collect the leaking petrol were laid to rest yesterday, Sunday.
According to the Punch, the Tanzanian President, John Magufuli declared a period of mourning through today, Monday. He was represented at the funerals by Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa.
White coffins were lowered into graves by members of the security forces, after which Islamic or Christian clerics said brief prayers and tossed handfuls of earth on them.
A Pentecostal pastor named Mechak said in a service broadcast on television that “this should serve as a lesson to us. When there is an accident like this we should steer clear and let rescue workers do their job.”
DNA tests will be carried out on bodies that were burnt beyond recognition, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Jenista Mhagama said, adding that families could take the remains of their loved ones and organise their own burials if they preferred.
A woman who had accompanied her neighbour to retrieve the body of a victim at the hospital said: “When I saw the injured my whole body trembled. They had been burnt like pieces of meat.” "No one wanted to listen" she added.
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