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In the wake of the fuel tanker explosion that killed over 100 people in Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, survivors and their families are left wondering how to rebuild their lives. The explosion happened after a fuel tanker, which was turning on a busy road, was hit by a speeding truck. In the aftermath of the crash, dozens of people rushed forward to collect the leaking fuel in containers, with the hope of using or selling it.

Relatives of the dead and injured from Friday’s explosion in eastern Freetown, have been gathering at hospitals across the city, searching for their missing loved ones.

Myeni Jones, our West Africa correspondent, describes the scene, and hears from a doctor who is shocked at the scale of the disaster, a woman whose brother is receiving treatment for severe burns, and another who has lost her livelihood after her pharmacy was destroyed.

Photo: Health workers carry a coffin containing the remains of victims of the fuel tanker explosion for burial at the cemetery in Freetown, Sierra Leone Credit: Reuters/Ibrahim S Miles Kamara

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