The death toll from the fire that broke out in the port of Conakry after the explosion of the main fuel depot on December 18 remains at eighteen dead. In tribute to the victims, the head of the transition declared three days of national mourning this Wednesday evening.
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Following the fire at the country’s main fuel depot in Conakry, which caused the death of 18 people in the night from Sunday to Monday, the president of the transition, Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya announced this Wednesday three days of national mourning.
“ Faced with this painful ordeal, I decree a three-day national mourning starting Thursday “, he declared during a speech on Guinean television.
Today, we are all deeply affected by this tragedy.
Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya, president of the transition
“ There will be no additional cost »
And faced with Guineans’ concerns about the shortage of fuel, the government is trying to reassure people about stocks. According to the authorities, the country can rely on the available stock of diesel, because five tanks at the large Coronthie depot have not been affected. There would also be enough fuel, according to the government spokesperson, so that transport of goods and industry would not be affected by the fire.
The Coronthie depot has a capacity of 63 million liters of diesel, 20 million of heavy fuel oil. The emergency now is the supply of gasoline. The country is negotiating with its neighbors such as Ivory Coast to supply the Kankan region and Sierra Leone for the capital Conakry.
As for concerns about a possible and logical surge in prices after the loss caused by the fire, the government wishes to reassure. “ There will be no additional cost “, he insists.
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