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September 8, 2024 at 5:52 PM. A fuel tanker collided head-on with another truck in Nigeria on Sunday causing an explosion that killed at least 48 people, the country’s emergency response agency ...
September 8, 2024 at 12:50 PM. MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - At least 48 people were killed on Sunday in a fuel tanker truck explosion following a collision with another vehicle in north-central ...
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The 2006 Abule Egba pipeline explosion is a disaster that occurred in the heavily populated neighborhood of Abule Egba in Lagos, Nigeria, on 26 December 2006, killing hundreds of people. There were originally believed to be around 500 deaths, but it was later confirmed that the loss was smaller. The incident occurred after an elevated pipeline ...
Coordinates: 6°34′25″N 3°21′44″E. The Lagos armoury explosion was the accidental detonation of a large stock of high explosives at a military storage facility in the city of Lagos, Nigeria, on 27 January 2002. The fires created by the debris from this explosion burnt down a large section of Northern Lagos, and created a panic that ...
An explosion on the Libyan tanker Um El Faroud killed nine dockyard workers. [12] 17 April 1995 Poland: Gdansk: 22 12 Explosion that caused the collapse of the two lowest floors of a 10-story building. [13] [14] 3 November 1995 Argentina: Río Tercero, Córdoba: 7 365 Río Tercero explosion: 21 November 1996 Puerto Rico: Río Piedras, Puerto ...
At least eight people were killed when a fuel truck exploded in southwestern Nigeria as residents were trying to siphon petrol out of it, police said on Monday. ... Fuel truck explosion kills 8 in ...
The Kirikiri tanker explosion was a tanker explosion that occurred at Kirikiri, Apapa, the major port of the city of Lagos State, Nigeria, located in the west of Lagos Island. The incident was reported to have occurred on 7 January 2014 when a tanker loaded with about 33,000 liters of gasoline rammed into parked vehicles.