Boat fire
Congo BOAT Capsized: At least 143 people died and dozens of people went missing when a boat carrying fuel in Congo and overturned. Officials informed about this accident. According to Josephin-Pacific Lokumu, an officer, there were hundreds of passengers on a wooden boat on the Congo river at the northwest DRC. At the same time, the boat caught fire. The accident occurred near Mabandaka, the capital of the equator province and at the confluence of the river Congo. Please tell that Congo is the deepest river in the world.
Fire during cooking
An official said that the first group of 131 bodies was found on Wednesday, and 12 more bodies were fired on Thursday and Friday. Many of them are burnt. “Another official said that” a woman burnt embers for cooking. His spark went to fuel nearby. This led to the blast and who engulfed the entire boat. Due to which many children and women also died. Some survivors were rescued in the accident and were admitted to the hospital. After the accident, many people are still looking for their loved ones. Take
Please tell that the Central African nation, the Congo Democratic Republic is a very backward country. There is a lack of roads for transportation here. Often people travel by waterway. Ships often sink during travel in the Congo and its tributaries and the death toll is often very high.
Big accident
In October 2023, at least 47 people died of a sinking of a boat who was sailing in the Congo in the equator. In October 2024, more than 20 people died after a boat overturned at Kivu Lake at Eastern DRC. In 2019, about 100 people lost their lives in a ship accident on Kivu Lake.
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