{"id":180572,"date":"2021-03-08T14:54:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T18:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africaglobalnews.com\/widespread-destruction-and-dozens-dead-in-army-barracks-blast-in-equatorial-guinea\/"},"modified":"2021-03-08T14:54:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T18:54:00","slug":"widespread-destruction-and-dozens-dead-in-army-barracks-blast-in-equatorial-guinea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africaglobalnews.com\/website_b1ce9d46\/widespread-destruction-and-dozens-dead-in-army-barracks-blast-in-equatorial-guinea\/","title":{"rendered":"Dozens dead in army barracks blast in Equatorial Guinee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">A series of four explosions heard in Equatorial Guinea&#8217;s commercial hub, Bata, left a huge plume of smoke hanging over the city. h<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">News reports say 20 have died and there is significant damage. Health workers have been asked to report to the city&#8217;s hospitals, says the Spanish news agency EFE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The TVGE channel broadcast footage of wrecked and burning buildings, with people &#8212; including children &#8212; being pulled from the rubble and the wounded lying on a hospital floor. Video posted on social media of the aftermath show a chaotic scene of distressed people fleeing from the site of the explosions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The blasts were caused by &#8220;negligence&#8221; relating to the storage of dynamite at the barracks, President Teodoro Obiang Nguema was reported to say. 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