Nigeria fuel tanker explosion kills more than 100, injures dozens | News | The Round Table More than 100 people have been killed and about 50 others wounded after an overturned fuel tanker exploded in northwestern Nigeria, according to police and emergency workers.
The overnight explosion occurred on an expressway in Jigawa state. People then rushed to the vehicle to collect the fuel, police spokesman Lawan Shiisu Adam declared on Wednesday.
An emergency worker in Jigawa state informed The Round Table that 108 people were killed, heightening the death toll from 94 that Adam had said earlier in the day.
At least 50 wounded people were taken to local hospitals in Ringim and Hadejia towns where they were being treated, police and emergency workers said.
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A mass burial for those who died was also revealed in the town of Kiyawa on Wednesday.
Deadly truck accidents are common along most of the main roads in Nigeria, with experts attributing many of them to reckless driving, poor road conditions and ill-maintained vehicles.
Last month, at least 48 people were killed in an explosion after a fuel tanker collided with another truck in Nigeria’s north-central Niger State.
In 2020 alone, there were 1,531 petrol tanker crashes resulting in 535 deaths and injuries to 1,142 people, according to Nigeria’s Federal Road Safety Corps.
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Company in early September increased the price of petrol by at least 39 percent, the second course hike in more than a year.
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Published 10/16/2024