Uganda, Oct. 24 -- A teenager who died while trying to rescue children who were caught up in the Kigogwa fuel tanker blaze has been described as selfless.

Joseph Muwonge, 19, chose not to run away from the inferno on Tuesday evening as five children caught in the crosshairs cried out for help. The children had gone to a gaming store that Muwonge opened last year.

"I can't believe that Joseph is gone," Alice Nassali, a food vendor who counted Muwonge amongst her clients, said yesterday, adding, "He was not a problematic man."

Ms Stacy Nakalema, who vends maize near the play area, said a food vendor only identified as Nabukeera had just delivered food to Muwonge at his gaming store before the inferno swept through the area. Before that, ...