Congo: At least 230 dead in oil explosion

SANGE, Congo - A tanker hauling fuel on a rural eastern Congo highway overturned, gushing oil and exploding in a massive fireball that killed about 230 bystanders, including many who had been watching the World Cup in flimsy roadside shacks, officials and witnesses said Saturday.

The Red Cross said at least 61 children and 36 women were among the dead. Witnesses said dozens of people had descended on the truck to siphon fuel illegally from the wreckage with jerrycans and plastic buckets, apparently unaware of the danger.