Fuel Tanker Explosion Leaves at Least 150 Dead in Nigeria
Residents of a nearby town went to scoop up gasoline that had spilled from an overturned tanker, but then it exploded, setting off an inferno. Several similar disasters have taken place in recent years.
More than 140 people die and dozens are injured in a Nigeria gasoline tanker explosion
More than 140 people, including children, were killed and dozens were injured after an overturned tanker truck exploded in flames while they were trying to scoop up fuel pouring from the vehicle.
Nigeria fuel tanker truck explosion kills more than 140 people
Dozens of people in northern Nigeria were killed in a massive explosion as they tried to scoop up fuel from a crashed tanker truck.
At least 94 killed, 50 injured in fuel tanker explosion in Nigeria
The driver of the tanker lost control of the vehicle, which tipped over in Nigeria’s Jigawa state. As locals rushed to retrieve the fuel, the tank exploded.
Toll rises to 153 from Nigeria fuel tanker explosion
At least 94 people were killed in northern Nigeria on Tuesday when a crashed tanker exploded near locals who had gathered to retrieve fuel, police told CNN. The toll is expected to rise from the blast,
How did as many as 140 people die in one of Nigeria's deadliest tanker explosions?
A victim of a tanker explosion from Majiya town receive treatment at the Aminu Kano teaching hospital in Kano Nigeria, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. Credit: AP/Sani Maikatanga One of the victims was ...
More than 150 people killed after Nigerian fuel tanker crashes and explodes
Senior Nigerian officials have requested a safety review and said that the federal government would send resources to the area.
Over 140 people killed in Nigeria tanker explosion
A tragic gasoline tanker explosion in Nigeria has resulted in the death of more than 140 people, including children, as they were gathering fuel from the overturned truck.
How did so many people die in the Nigeria tanker explosion?
Victims of a fuel tanker explosion in Nigeria have been buried in a mass grave, after the deaths of more than 150 people on Wednesday.
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Behind Nigeria’s Deadliest Road Incident in Years, a Quest for Cheap Fuel
By Ismail Auwal and Elian Peltier Ismail Auwal reported from the site of the explosion in the town of Majia, northern Nigeria. The driver of a fuel tanker was transporting 45,000 liters of ...
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More than 140 killed in Nigerian tanker explosion, officials say
People prepare bodies for funeral following a tanker explosion in Majiya town Nigeria, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. Sani Maikatanga/AP Jigawa state Gov. Umar Namadi was briefed on the death toll as ...
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Over 140 people, including children, killed in ‘massive inferno’ after fuel tanker explodes in Nigeria
Deadly tanker accidents are common in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous ... Bodies of victims of the explosion of a fuel tanker that resulted in the death of almost 150 people are laid to rest ...
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Nigeria fuel tanker explosion kills almost 150
An explosion tore through crowds of people who had rushed to collect fuel spilling from a crashed tanker in northern Nigeria, killing at least 147, officials told AFP on Wednesday.
At least 94 killed in fuel tanker explosion in Nigeria
At least 94 people were killed in a blast in Nigeria’s northern Jigawa state late Tuesday as residents braved danger to fetch ...
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Death Toll In Nigeria Fuel Tanker Explosion Rises To 170
A fuel tanker explosion in northern Nigeria has killed more than 170 people, with a further 70 receiving intensive care in hospital, police said on Friday. A blast tore through crowds who had ...
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Jigawa tanker explosion: Work out alternative means of transporting petroleum products – IPAC to Nigerian govt
The Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC, has called on the Federal Government to take urgent steps to make the roads safe and ...