At least 13 people were killed and dozens others wounded by a series of powerful explosions at an ammunition’s depot in Burundi’s largest city, Bujumbura, the army has said.
It said in its latest update that 57 people, including three soldiers, were wounded. Houses and private vehicles were damaged, while military equipment and facilities were destroyed by the blasts, it added.
The explosions erupted late on Tuesday at the facility, located in the suburb of Musaga, and were caused by an electrical fault, an army spokesperson had said earlier.
Shrapnel and debris were propelled more than 5km (three miles).
Earlier, family members and eyewitnesses had told the BBC of four separate deaths in the city. Security sources had told the AFP news agency that dozens had died.
One woman told BBC Great Lakes that a relative, who had been detained at Mpimba Central Prison, had died after a bomb hit the facility.
Numerous inmates at the prison, which is located near the ammunitions store, are reported to have been injured.
In the north-eastern neighbourhood of Gisandema, witnesses told BBC Great Lakes that a bomb had destroyed a house and killed a domestic worker.