A fire rages in Sirte.
A fuel storage depot near Sirte is engulfed in flames, killing some 50 people who had gathered to fill buckets of fuel according to local residents. The cause of the blaze is still unknown.
Some residents of the hometown of former leader Muammar Gaddafi fear for the new era in Libya.
SOUNDBITE: Sirte resident, saying (Arabic):
"There was nothing like this during the time of Gaddafi. We were secure. It is true that we were poor and in poverty but we were safe. Now no one is safe even in their homes," he added.
Many residents of Sirte are angry after a protracted campaign of bombing by NATO and interim government forces left their city in ruins.
The month-long assault forced many to flee their homes, and has made resources like fuel a struggle to find.
SOUNDBITE: Sirte resident, saying (Arabic):
"The Touaregs want to have their own world, the Berbers in the mountains want to have theirs, the Libyans want to have theirs as well. The country is being divided. I am not in pain because of Gaddafi's death, I am in pain for Libya, Muammar is just a person and everyone is talking about him -- but not the people who have been caught in this fire. They are talking about ten people (Gaddafi's family and aides), but who will talk about the 50 people who died here, who have been caught in the fire, not died from bullets. There will not even be bodies left,"
It is not immediately clear exactly how many people were killed in the fire but Reuters reporters saw about 15 charred vehicles outside the building and at least two bodies being removed from the area.
Deborah Lutterbeck, Reuters
