Tanzania mourns the victims of the fuel tanker blast Speaking about the dozens of victims of the fuel tanker explosion in Tanzania, Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa said the government will do "whatever it takes for family members to be able to identity their relatives and take them for burials." The country has been in mourning, preparing to bury 69 people who died when a crashed fuel tanker exploded as crowds rushed to syphon off leaking petrol. SOUNDBITES