At least 33 killed in petrol warehouse fire in Benin


By Sun YiTian Yun

COTONOU, Benin, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- At least 33 people were killed and three others seriously injured in a fire at a smuggled petrol warehouse on Saturday in Seme Krake, a town on the border with Nigeria, in Benin's southeastern department of Oueme, local authorities said.

Dallys Ahouangbegnon, chief of the local fire brigade, said the fire, which broke out in a warehouse close to the Seme Krake pineapple market, also ignited houses and vehicles parked near the site.

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