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A massive explosion shook a military complex in Bata, Equatorial Guinea, on March 9, 2021.
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At least 105 are dead and more than 600 injured, according to the local government.
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These before and after aerial photos show the magnitude of the destruction.
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A seismic explosion shook a military complex in Bata, Equatorial Guinea, on March 9, leaving at least 105 dead and more than 600 injured, according to CNN.
The local government is blaming farmers for starting fires, as well as a military unit that guarded stocks of dynamite that were set on fire and led to the massive explosion. While firefighters and doctors searched the rubble for survivors of the hour-long blasts, the government declared the blast site to be a disaster zone and announced three days of national mourning starting on Wednesday.
State television stations have called for information about people missing near the explosion, and the death toll is expected to increase as the event is investigated, according to CNN.
The aerial shots before and after show the magnitude of the destruction left by the explosions.
BEFORE: Here is a view of the military complex in Bata 2020.
The Bata military complex, which contained the ammunition deposit at the center of the explosion, is depicted here in August 2020. Military houses and barracks surround the complex.
AFTER: The impact of the March 9 explosions on the military complex is clearly visible.
BEFORE: A closer view of the complex before the explosion.
This photo with previous zoom shows the military complex at the center of the explosion on August 7, 2020.
AFTER: Buildings can be seen reduced to rubble.
This aerial photo, photographed after the explosion on March 9, 2021, shows level buildings and plumes of smoke from explosions that lasted hours after an ammunition depot caught fire.
BEFORE: Barracks and military buildings depicted in 2020.
Pictured here on August 7, 2020, these barracks were completely destroyed in the Bata explosion.
AFTER: Military barracks and buildings after the 2021 explosion.
This same set of barracks, depicted on March 9, 2021, the day of the explosion. The government is still looking for hundreds of missing people.
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