Eight people dead in Guinea oil terminal blast, say police | Oil and Gas News

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The blast occurred in downtown Conakry, at the only oil terminal in the West African country.

At least eight people were killed and 84 injured following a blast at an oil terminal in Guinea’s capital Conakry early on Monday, a senior police officer told Reuters.

The officer said the toll was provisional, adding that the blaze was being contained.

The blast at the West African nation’s only oil terminal, rocked the Kaloum administrative district in downtown Conakry, blowing out the windows of several nearby homes and forcing hundreds to flee the area, witnesses said.

AFP reports that the…



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