Blaze at military ammunition facility in capital triggers series of blasts, with witnesses and President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno confirming deaths.
There are multiple homes in the neighbourhood hosting the depot, which sits near the international airport and a base where French troops are stationed. / Photo: TRT World
Blasts from the depot in the capital's Goudji area near the airport were heard miles away on early on Wednesday, the AFP news agency journalists said, adding that projectiles went into the sky at regular intervals and detonated, turning it red and black.President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno later said there were deaths.
A senior army official, who requested anonymity, told AFP the"biggest ammunition depot in N'Djamena has caught fire".There are multiple homes in the neighbourhood hosting the depot, which sits near the international airport and a base where French troops are stationed. A resident of a neighbourhood near the depot said he saw three wounded people on the street, two of which were rushed to hospital on motorbikes.
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