ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />Story: Around 200 people have been killed and many more injured in a series of explosions in Brazzaville, the capital of Congo Republic, according to a senior official in the presidency, citing hospital sources.<br/> <br />Witnesses and state media said the blast occurred during a fire in the arms depot in the Regiment Blinde base in the riverside Mpila neighborhood.<br/> <br />The explosions were so strong that it affected even Kinshasa, the capital of neighboring country DR Congo, across the river from Brazzaville.<br/> <br />Witnesses in Brazzaville said the explosions happened after parts of the Blinde military camp in the riverside Mpila neighborhood caught fire.<br/> <br />They said houses nearby had collapsed and there were many injured but they could not give details.<br/> <br />The explosions caused panic across the river in Kinshasa, some people even thought the war broke out, but state television there urged residents to remain calm.<br/> <br />Congo Republic has suffered coups and a civil war since independence from France.
