A tragic fire in Sierra Leone is a story about poverty

<p>Last Friday in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown, a fire in the busy neighbourhood of Wellington killed scores and injured many more. The fire was caused by a leak from a fuel tanker and many people had been drawn to danger to collect the precious fuel to resell or power their vehicles.</p><br><p>From Freetown, Sally Hayden reports on what happened on Friday and since, the obvious link between poverty and the unnecessary deaths, and how Sierra Leoneans are weary of always being a bad news story.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>