DRC election depot torched: president of commission responds Responding to a fire that broke out overnight in an election depot in Kinshasa, the head of the DRC's Independent National Election Commission calls for political passions to be "tamed". The fire damaged 8,000 of the 10,368 touch-screen voting machines that had been intended for use in Kinshasa on the day of the presidential election, this 23rd December. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES