The blaze, which started late Tuesday, sent powerful blasts into the night sky and the exploding ordnance shook buildings miles away.
N'DJAMENA - A fire tore through a military ammunition depot in Chad's capital N'Djamena setting off explosions that killed at least nine people and wounded dozens, officials said Wednesday.
Health Minister Abdelmadjid Abderahim told journalists the death toll would probably rise as many of the 46 injured were in an"extremely serious" condition. The 36-year-old and her three children took refuge in the street alongside their neighbours, fearing their houses would collapse, she told AFP. "I call on people to remain calm and serene and to avoid handling any object that may have landed," Regional Planning Minister Mahamat Assileck Halata Assileck said, adding deminers were at work.The grieving family of a six-year-old girl sat in front of ruined houses in Amsinene after a shell fell in the room of the child, killing her, the family told AFP.
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