Deadly Congo Oil Tanker Blast

July 3: A resident of the town of Sange, Congo, inspects the fire damage on a building which used to be a restaurant after an oil explosion struck through the town. A tanker truck hauling fuel on a rural eastern Congo highway overturned Friday night, gushing oil and exploding in a massive fireball that killed scores of bystanders, including many who had been watching the World Cup in flimsy roadside shacks, officials and witnesses said Saturday.  (AP)

July 3: Volunteers of the Congolese Red Cross carry a body bag containing the victim of an oil explosion for burial in Sange, Congo. A tanker truck hauling fuel on a rural eastern Congo highway overturned Friday night, gushing oil and exploding in a massive fireball that killed scores of bystanders, including many who had been watching the World Cup in flimsy roadside shacks, officials and witnesses said Saturday.  (AP)

July 3: People inspect a burned down restaurant following an oil tanker explosion in Sange, Congo. A tanker truck hauling fuel on a rural eastern Congo highway overturned, gushing oil and exploding in a massive fireball that killed about 220 bystanders, including many who had been watching the World Cup in flimsy roadside shacks, officials and witnesses said Saturday.  (AP)

July, 3: Volunteers of the Congolese Red Cross carry a body bag bearing a victim of oil tanker explosion in Sange, Congo. A tanker truck hauling fuel on a rural eastern Congo highway overturned, gushing oil and exploding in a massive fireball that killed scores of bystanders, including many who had been watching the World Cup in flimsy roadside shacks, officials and witnesses said Saturday.  (AP)

July 3: A young girl covers her nose and mouth from the ashes that rises from the smoldering ruins of houses burned on the night before in Sange, Congo. A tanker truck hauling fuel on a rural eastern Congo highway overturned Friday night, gushing oil and exploding in a massive fireball that killed scores of bystanders, including many who had been watching the World Cup in flimsy roadside shacks, officials and witnesses said Saturday. (AP)

July 3: 10-year-old Olivier Jerrard who survived an oil explosion takes a rest in Sange, Congo. A tanker truck hauling fuel on a rural eastern Congo highway overturned Friday night, gushing oil and exploding in a massive fireball that killed scores of bystanders, including many who had been watching the World Cup in flimsy roadside shacks, officials and witnesses said Saturday.  (AP)

July 3: U.N. engineer uses a heavy equipment to bury victims' bodies following an oil tanker explosion in Sange, Congo. A tanker truck hauling fuel on a rural eastern Congo highway overturned, gushing oil and exploding in a massive fireball that killed scores of bystanders, including many who had been watching the World Cup in flimsy roadside shacks, officials and witnesses said Saturday.  (AP)

July 3: Workers and volunteers from the Red Cross and members of U.N. bury victims of oil tanker explosion in a mass grave in Sange, Congo. A tanker truck hauling fuel on a rural eastern Congo highway overturned, gushing oil and exploding in a massive fireball that killed scores of bystanders, including many who had been watching the World Cup in flimsy roadside shacks, officials and witnesses said Saturday.  (AP)

July 3: An inhabitant of the town of Sange, eastern Congo, walks past the burned out wreckage of a tanker truck that was involved in a accident Friday night. The tanker truck hauling fuel on a rural eastern Congo highway overturned, gushing oil and exploding in a massive fireball that killed scores of bystanders, including many who had been watching the World Cup in flimsy roadside shacks, officials and witnesses said Saturday. (AP)

July 3: Residents walk across the courtyard of the burned part of the town of Sange, Congo. A tanker truck hauling fuel on a rural eastern Congo highway overturned, gushing oil and exploding in a massive fireball that killed scores of bystanders, including many who had been watching the World Cup in flimsy roadside shacks, officials and witnesses said Saturday.  (AP)