At least 11 people including two children have died after a fuel truck exploded next to a highway in Uganda, police said. The truck overturned after an accident and later exploded in a town just outside Kampala, the capital, police spokesman Patrick Onyango said.

Police in Uganda say least 11 people including children were killed when a fuel truck exploded next to a highway on Tuesday

Ten bodies were recovered from the scene of a fuel tanker explosion in Uganda's capital Kampala on Tuesday, a Reuters witness said. Police said the tanker had overturned around 1500 local time (1200 GMT) and that "several people may have lost their lives,

A Ugandan police spokesman says several people might be dead after a fuel truck exploded next to a highway in the East African country. Patrick Onyango said the truck had overturned after an accident and later exploded in a town just outside Kampala,

The death toll from a Ugandan fuel tanker explosion has risen to 13, police said on Wednesday, after two people died from their injuries.