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Event: OT Other
Number: 2009-000098
Country: TZA Tanzania
Location: Dar es Salaam
Date (YMD): 2009-5-19
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Information Source:IFRC, DREF bulletin
Comments: A series of explosions took place in Dar es Salaam and surrounding communities on 29 April destroying 396 homes and damaging 1,945. These explosions occurred as a result of ammunition stored at a military depot in the community of Mbagla in Temeke district. The bomb explosions caused havoc and panic among a great part of Dar es Salaam?s population, especially for those within the vicinity of the incident. Thousands, including 1,244 children, were displaced in the process of escaping the explosions.
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