MARIDI, South Sudan, Dhu-AlHijjah 4, 1436, Sep 18, 2015, SPA -- An official says the death toll from a fuel tanker explosion in a rural South Sudanese state has reached 183. Commissioner Wilson Thomas Yanga of Maridi County, in the state of Western Equatoria, said Friday that at least 60 more people are unaccounted for. A tanker carrying petrol overturned Wednesday outside Maridi and exploded, shortly after hundreds of nearby villagers gathered around to siphon fuel. Presidential spokesman Ateny Wek Ateny said Thursday the explosion was an accident caused by a cigarette. At the Maridi hospital, Jan Wynands, a doctor with the International Committee of the Red Cross, said there were 80 patients with burns covering over 50 percent of the bodies, but equipment is lacking. Wynands said he needs catheters, syringes, pain killers, and blades for surgery. --SPA 21:56 LOCAL TIME 18:56 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w