Eleven dead including two children after fuel truck explosion in Uganda

Firefighters try to contain a fire after a fuel truck exploded next to a highway on the outskirts of Kampala (AP)

At least 11 people including two children have died after a fuel truck exploded next to a highway in Uganda, police said.

The truck overturned after an accident and later exploded in a town just outside Kampala, the capital, police spokesman Patrick Onyango said.