At least 143 people were killed, and dozens of others were considered missing as a result of a fire on a boat in the Congo River at the “Mabanda” area in the northwest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Parliamentary MP Josephine Basifik Lokomo said that the fire broke out on the boat when a woman ignited a crowd to cook; The fire moved to the location of the fuel stored on the boat in order to run it, which was close to the source of the fire and immediately exploded. “
She pointed out that the bodies of the first group of 131 victims were recovered last Wednesday, while 12 other bodies were recovered yesterday, Thursday, and last night, bringing the number of victims of the fire to 143 victims.
