![[Photos]: 57 Burnt To Death While Scooping Oil From A Tanker In Tanzania](https://www.informationng.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/5d4e87d7c8b45.jpg)
57 persons have reportedly lost their lives in Tanzania after a fuel tanker exploded in the eastern town of Morogoro.
According to Steven Jabwe, the regional police commissioner while speaking with the local Azam TV confirmed that 57 bodies have been recovered and added that many others who suffered burns are being treated.
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![[Photos]: 57 Burnt To Death While Scooping Oil From A Tanker In Tanzania](https://www.informationng.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/5d4e880258d8d.jpg)
Some eyewitnesses in Morogoro told The Associated Press that when so many people had gathered around the fuel tanker after it got into an accident and in the process of siphoning fuel, the tanker burst into flames.
