Up to 80 people have been killed and over 360 injured after a series of explosions at an arms depot in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique. The blasts took place on Thursday evening, causing widespread panic in the city. Radio Mozambique said the explosions sent mortars and rockets crashing into the residential district of Malhazine. Ambulances and private cars carried the injured to hospital, many with missing or damaged limbs. Homes were destroyed and roofs blown off when explosives fired from the armoury landed on nearby houses which went up in flames, causing people to flee in panic. Miguel Barreiro, a UN official in charge of the country's disarmament programme, said: "It's the biggest armoury in the country. It contains thousands of tonnes of weapons and ammunition." The government said the blasts could have been triggered by high temperatures of up to 38C on Thursday. Unice Mucaphe, the Red Cross programme director for Mozambique, said people were still being evacuated from the affected areas. "There are eight neighbourhoods where people live which are affected," she said.