A series of explosions rocked the city of Bata in the central African nation of Equatorial Guinea on Sunday, killing around 20 people, news reports said, and injuring untold more.

At least 400 people were injured, the government health officials said.

The cause of the blasts, which were reported to have occurred near barracks on a military base in the west coast oil producing nation, was not immediately apparent.

The country’s ministry of health and social welfare declared a health emergency and said many were missing under the rubble.

Video from the city captured scenes of people digging for victims, as thick smoke wafted over the debris-strewn landscape. Others fled through the streets, some with suitcases and children in hand underneath a darkened sky.

The ministry said that rescue workers were bringing the injured to at least three hospitals in the city. Officials appealed for blood donations. Pickup trucks were loaded with survivors, Reuters reported and driven the front of one hospital — where some victims could be seen lying on the floor.

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