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53 killed in Cameroon bus blaze
YAOUND?, Jan 27, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – Fifty-three people died Wednesday when a
bus collided with a fuel-laden van in Cameroon, causing a blaze that engulfed
both vehicles, the local governor said.
“The dead have all been burned beyond identification,” Awa Fonka
Augustine, the governor of West Region, said.
Twenty-nine people suffered severe burns.
The 70-seat bus collided head-on with the van at around 3.30am at a
location called the Cliff of Dschang, in central-western Cameroon, he said.
The stretch of road is notorious for accidents, with hairpin bends and
ravines.
The governor said fog may have been a cause of the accident, and early
investigation found that the van had a “brake problem.”
At least 37 people, including 10 women and four children, were killed in
central
Cameroon on December 27 when their bus smashed into a truck and tumbled
down a ravine.
BSS/AFP/IJ/1850 hrs