The death toll from an explosion of fuel tanker UAM 292Q in Kigogwa Town along the Kampala-Bombo road has risen to 26 after two more victims succumbed to injuries in hospital.
“Yesterday we revealed that the number of people who had died was 24 but later in the evening two people died and now the number of people who have died stands at 26, they include 20 males and 6 females,” the police spokesperson, Mr. Kituuma Rusoke, told journalists yesterday.
He added on that the search for the driver is still ongoing.
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Preliminary police investigations show that the fire started from a nearby charcoal stove on which maize was being roasted.
In the chaos that ensued after the fuel truck had lost control and turned, several people attempted to siphon fuel from the tanker and were tragically burned.
Police said 22 bodies had by Monday morning been picked from the city mortuary by the families of the deceased.
The government promised Shs5 million to the families of the deceased to help in burial arrangements and Shs1 million to the persons receiving treatment.
