Hospitals were treating 88 more people for severe burns, said Vice-President Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh, who arrived at the scene on Saturday along with several local officials.
A rescue worker and a nurse had earlier confirmed at least 80 deaths to AFP, with the nurse saying he had treated women, men and children with"serious injuries".
Hundreds of people gathered on Saturday morning, many searching for missing relatives under the eye of security forces. "Deeply disturbed by the tragic fires and the horrendous loss of life," President Julius Maada Bio wrote on Twitter. Accidents involving petrol tankers have happened before in Sierra Leone, one of the poorest countries in the world.
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