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The explosion took place around 9:00 a.m. WAT at the Dikko junction along the major highway connecting Nigeria's federal capital of Abuja to Kaduna.According to the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Niger State leader Kumar Tsukwam, the incident began when a tanker truck carrying gasoline overturned, spilling its contents.
Two weeks ago, a fuel tanker involved in a crash exploded in the oil-rich Delta state, killing at least five people, and at least 153 people died in an explosion while trying to collect leaking ...
The involved tanker came from Kano and had driven around 110 kilometers on its way to Yobe State on 15 October. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] While traveling on an expressway near the town of Majiya in Jigawa State , the tanker overturned while attempting to avoid crashing into a truck, causing petrol to spill onto the road.
On 12 July 2012, a tank truck in Okobie, Nigeria, fell into a ditch, spilled its gasoline contents, and subsequently exploded, killing at least 121. [34] The tank truck attempted to avoid a collision with two cars and a bus, [35] veered into a ditch, and spilled fuel. [34] Hundreds of locals rushed to the scene to take some of the spilled ...
The death toll from a fuel tanker explosion in northern Nigeria has risen to at least 153 people and injured 100, police told CNN Thursday.
A man sits in front of a mass grave for victims of an explosion that followed the crash of a fuel tanker truck in Majia, Jigawa State, Nigeria, Oct. 16, 2024.
The Ibadan petrol tanker explosion was a major accident on the road from Ibadan to Ifẹ in Nigeria on 5 November 2000. There was a long tailback and a petrol tanker was unable to brake in time and so rammed the queue, causing an explosion and fire which destroyed over 100 vehicles and killed many people.
At least 48 people were killed on Sunday in a fuel tanker truck explosion following a collision with another vehicle in north-central Nigeria, the state's disaster management agency said. The ...