2 Mauritanian soldiers die in fire

Two Mauritanian soldiers have died in a blaze that broke out when a gas ?tank belonging to the Mauritanian armed forces caught fire in the north of the country. A truck carrying gas tanks caught fire at the entrance to Ould Ebnou in the Adrar ?Mountains in the Sahara desert, as it made its way back from Salaheddin military base. A military source told Arab Today that the two soldiers died immediately, and that the cause of the fire is still unknow A military officer, who asked to be kept anonymous, said: “Information is ?scarce, but the outcome is certain. We lost two of our soldiers in the accident.”?