China News Service, March 9th. According to Agence France-Presse, on the 8th, Equatorial Guinea's Vice President Manger stated that the number of victims in an explosion at a military camp in the country on the 7th rose to 98 and another 615 were injured. .

  Manger stated on his social network account that he deplored the 98 victims and 615 injured in the accident.

Earlier, the country’s national television reported that the accident resulted in 30 deaths and about 600 injuries.

  Local resident Teodoro Nguema said that everyone living within 2 to 4 kilometers of the explosion could not return home, and he could not sleep, many houses were burning all night, and he kept hearing A small explosion.

  On the afternoon of the 7th local time, four consecutive huge explosions occurred in the Nkoa Ntoma military camp in Bata City, causing heavy casualties and a large number of houses damaged.

  According to a statement issued by President Obiang of Equatorial Guinea that night, the negligence of the arms storage department caused a fire in a nearby farm to damage the arms depot, causing a series of explosions.

  Obiang said, "The impact of the explosion caused almost all the houses and buildings in Bata to be damaged."

In view of the possibility of explosions, the Ministry of National Defense recommended that residents of Nkoantoma District and Mengdong District be temporarily evacuated the next day, and called on citizens of other areas in Bata to stay home.