Pictures: Explosion at Sudan factory kills 16

Khartoum: A fire triggered by an explosion tore through a factory in the Sudanese capital on Tuesday, killing 16 people and injuring dozens, doctors and witnesses said.

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Thick plumes of black smoke billowed into the sky after the blaze broke out at a tile manufacturing unit in an industrial zone in north Khartoum.

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Police cordoned off the entire area, an AFP correspondent reported from the scene.

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A doctors committee linked to the country’s protest movement said at least 16 people were killed and more than 90 injured.

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The casualties were taken to several hospitals in the capital, it said, urging off-duty doctors to help out.

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State television reported “heavy losses of life and property”.

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“The explosion was loud. Several cars that were parked in the compound of the factory also caught fire,” an employee of an adjacent factory told AFP.

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It was not immediately clear what caused the explosion.

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