Sierra Leone’s Vice President Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh has led a delegation to neighbouring Guinea following the fire outbreak that led to loss of lives and injury.
The delegation is to show support and unity after a devastating fire at Guinea’s main oil depot. The fire resulted in the death of 18 people, injuries to 212 others, and raised concerns about fuel supplies.
The delegation was warmly received by Dr. Bernard Goumou, the Prime Minister of Guinea, and the meeting aimed to express His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio’s solidarity and the brotherhood of the Sierra Leonean people following the tragic incident.
Foreign rescue and aid workers, along with the UN and volunteers, rallied to help victims of the explosion and fire at Guinea’s main oil depot on Monday that killed 18 people, injured 212 others and prompted concerns about fuel supplies.
Volunteers collected food donations for those in need after the blast at the state oil company’s main depot in the Kaloum district of the capital, Conakry, near the port. The explosion, whose cause is still unknown, wreaked damage to buildings over a radius of more than one kilometre (0.6 miles). Windows were shattered in several buildings in the port area, including a modern district which is home to banks and insurance companies.
