{"id":30508,"date":"2026-04-01T09:08:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T07:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=30508"},"modified":"2026-04-01T09:08:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T07:08:52","slug":"burundi-attributes-bujumbura-explosions-to-ammunition-depot-short-circuit","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/burundi-attributes-bujumbura-explosions-to-ammunition-depot-short-circuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Burundi attributes Bujumbura explosions to ammunition depot short circuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Explosions heard on Tuesday in Bujumbura, Burundi&#8217;s commercial capital, were caused by an \u200celectrical short-circuit at an ammunition store in a military camp, an Army Spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The blasts, which reverberated across the city, sent plumes of smoke \u2060into the sky and prompted residents to seek shelter.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Images shared on social media showed the explosions, including rising smoke and a distant fire. <em>Reuters<\/em> could not independently verify the authenticity of these pictures.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A serious electrical accident at the army ammunition \u200cdepot \u2060in Musaga is the cause of the explosions currently being heard in the economic capital, Bujumbura,&#8221; Army Spokesperson Gaspard Baratuza said in \u2060a response to <em>Reuters<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Baratuza urged the public to stay calm and avoid the surrounding \u2060areas, adding that emergency teams were addressing the situation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Reuters\/ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":30509,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-30508","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Explosions heard on Tuesday in Bujumbura, Burundi's commercial capital, were caused by an \u200celectrical short-circuit","published_date":"2026-04-01 08:47:50","news_description":"Explosions heard on Tuesday in Bujumbura, Burundi's commercial capital, were caused by an \u200celectrical short-circuit","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/30508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/30508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30513,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/30508\/revisions\/30513"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=30508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}