JUBA SEPTEMBER, 18 2015(CISA)-More than 170 people have died in South Sudan when a crashed oil tanker exploded as a crowd siphoned up spilled fuel on September 17. Officials stated that the tanker veered off the road in Maridi, Western Equatorial state, and local residents were siphoning off the fuel when the vehicle exploded. Local authorities reported that explosion was ignited when someone lit a cigarette while residents siphoned petrol leaking from the full tanker. Deadly fuel tanker explosions are common in East Africa, where poor residents living near highways converge around fuel tankers involved in accidents to steal gas and then sell it. Other badly burned bodies have also been found around the wreckage of the tanker.