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Located on the African continent Equatorial Guineanin the economy At least 4 in the city of Bata explosion it had ocurred. The Health Minister, Guinea Salud, said on his social media account that the explosions took place at the Nkoa Ntoma military base in the city of Bata. Salud asked the volunteers to go to the Bata Regional Hospital and asked the public to donate blood.
MANY BUILDINGS DAMAGED
Local media NewsAt least 20 people were said to have lost their lives and more than 300 people were injured due to the explosions. While many buildings were damaged due to explosions, some buildings collapsed.
THE CAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION IS NOT YET KNOWN
While the cause of the blasts is not yet known, officials told a television station that the blasts were not the result of an attack.
THE EVENT IS DESCRIBED AS A ‘DISASTER’
In his post on the social media account of the French ambassador to Equatorial Guinea, Olivier Brochenin, sending his condolences to those affected by the explosions, described the incident as a “disaster.”
In a statement made by the Spanish Embassy in Malabo, it issued a series of emergency numbers in which it asked Spanish citizens to stay at home. Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha González Laya said: “We are following with concern the events in Equatorial Guinea after the explosions in the city of Bata.”
Equatorial Guinea, on the other hand, was a Spanish colony until it gained independence in 1968.
Source: İhlas News Agency
