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{{Short description|2010 explosion of a tank truck in South Kivu, DR Congo}}
#REDIRECT [[List of tank truck explosions#Sange, Democratic Republic of the Congo (2010)]]

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|place = [[Sange, Democratic Republic of Congo|Sange]] village, [[South Kivu]], [[Democratic Republic of Congo]]
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|reported death(s) = 230<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-congo-democratic-explosion-idUSTRE6620H220100703 "Fuel tanker explosion kills over 230 in Congo"], ''Reuters'', July 3, 2010</ref>
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The '''catastrophe of Sange''' was the explosion of a [[tank truck]] on 2 July 2010<ref name="CNN 1">{{cite news|title=Hundreds killed, scores injured in Congo oil tanker explosion|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/07/03/dr.congo.explosion/?fbid=E-13ft5nwqc|accessdate=3 July 2010|newspaper=[[CNN International]]|date=3 July 2010}}</ref> in [[South Kivu]], in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]].<ref name="BBC 1">{{cite news|title=DR Congo oil tanker blaze 'kills 270'|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/10497716.stm|accessdate=3 July 2010|work=[[BBC News]]|date=3 July 2010}}</ref><ref name="RTÉ 1">{{cite news|title=Fuel tanker explosion kills 200 in Congo|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0703/congo.html|accessdate=3 July 2010|newspaper=[[RTÉ News and Current Affairs]]|date=3 July 2010}}</ref><ref name="Reuters 1">{{cite news|last=Manson|first=Katrina|title=Fuel tanker explosion kills 200 in Congo: governor|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6620H220100703|accessdate=3 July 2010|newspaper=[[Reuters]]|date=3 July 2010}}</ref> The truck overturned in the village of [[Sange, Democratic Republic of Congo|Sange]] and later exploded, resulting in at least 230 deaths and 196 injured.

==Crash==
The tanker overturned in the village of [[Sange, Democratic Republic of Congo|Sange]], near the Congo-[[Burundi]] border.<ref name="BBC 1" /> [[Mende Omalanga]], the Democratic Republic of Congo's Minister of Communications, claimed that the tanker was trying to overtake a bus.<ref name="CNN 1" /> A local police officer reported that the driver was traveling at an "excessive speed".<ref name="BBC 1" />

==Explosion==
An explosion occurred as villagers attempted to collect the fuel that was spilling from the overturned vehicle. "There was a crush (of people) and a petrol leak".<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0703/132938-congo/ | work=RTÉ News | title=Fuel tanker explosion kills 230 in Congo | date=3 July 2010}}</ref> The minister of communications, Lambert Omalanga, said that one local resident was smoking a cigarette, a spark from which ignited the fuel.<ref name="CNN 1" /> Many mud and grass huts were destroyed in the subsequent fire.<ref name="IE 1">{{cite news|title=At least 100 die as fuel tanker explodes|url=http://www.examiner.ie/breakingnews/world/at-least-100-die-as-fuel-tanker-explodes-464027.html|accessdate=3 July 2010|newspaper=[[Irish Examiner]]|date=3 July 2010}}</ref><ref name="Telegraph 1">{{cite news|title=Oil tanker explosion kills 200 in Congo|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/democraticrepublicofcongo/7869749/Oil-tanker-explosion-kills-200-in-Congo.html|accessdate=3 July 2010|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=3 July 2010|location=London}}</ref>

Among the dead were 36 women and 61 children.<ref name="AFP 1">{{cite news|title=DR.Congo tanker fire kills 200: Red Cross|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iaVh7zolO1999Od94i2ZqDRD-cow|accessdate=3 July 2010|newspaper=[[Agence France-Presse|AFP]]|date=3 July 2010}}</ref> Some of the injured had severe burn wounds.<ref name="Hindu 1">{{cite news|title=More than 200 killed in DR Congo oil tanker explosion|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article498583.ece|accessdate=3 July 2010|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=3 July 2010|location=Chennai, India}}</ref> A medical source said that the local hospitals "do not have necessary logistical materials to treat those who are seriously injured".<ref>{{cite news|title=More Than 200 Killed In Congo Oil Tanker Explosion|url=http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsworld.php?id=510672|accessdate=3 July 2010|newspaper=[[Bernama]]|date=3 July 2010}}</ref>

It was initially reported that five of the dead were [[United Nations]] [[United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo|peacekeepers]],<ref name="CNN 1" /> but this was reported later as being incorrect.<ref name="BBC 1" />

== See also ==
* [[2006 Abule Egba pipeline explosion]]
* [[2006 Atlas Creek pipeline explosion]]
* [[2017 Bahawalpur explosion]], very similar incident

==References==
{{commons category|Catastrophe de Sange}}
{{Reflist|33em}}

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[[Category:Deaths caused by petroleum looting]]
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