チャド：首都の弾薬集積所が爆発炎上

　夜半に火災、爆発炎上。炎が夜空を染める。死者は少なくとも9名、負傷者は46名。…武器弾薬のかたまりが火災を起こした割にはそうまで犠牲者がでていない。不幸中の幸いである。

BBC Deadly explosions rock Chad after ammunition depot fire 1 hour ago
By George Wright & Paul Njie

　もっとも、ものがものだからextremely seriousな負傷者は結構いるようですが。…しかし不幸中の幸いでしょうよ、犠牲者数がそうまで出ないのは。

「A huge fire at a military ammunition depot in Chad has killed at least nine people and injured 46 others, the health minister has said.

The death toll was in danger of rising as many of those wounded were in an "extremely serious" condition, Abdelmadjid Abderahim told journalists.

The explosions from the depot in the Goudji area of the capital, N'Djamena, lasted for about half an hour overnight.」

　チャドはフランス軍の駐留があり、対テロ戦争の一翼を担う。その弾薬・予備が相当数失われたのはちょっとした政治的意味を持つだろうけど、この火災自体は事故みたい。

「France currently has about 1,000 troops in Chad to fight jihadist groups across West Africa.
Chadian troops have also played a vital role in battling Islamist militants in the region.」