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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. / Credit: ALAMIN MOHAMMED/REUTERS
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. Many villagers came to the scene and tried ...
A massive fuel tanker explosion on the Florida’s Turnpike north of Boynton Beach Blvd. near the Hypoluxo overpass just before 6 a.m., Friday, Dec. 8 shut down the turnpike for most of the morning.
The Juba tanker explosion was a tank truck explosion that occurred on 17 September 2015 in a suburb of Juba, the capital of South Sudan. It killed an estimated 176 people, most casualties coming from the crowd that had converged on the scene of the leaking tanker. The Red Cross dispatched aid to the suburb of Maridi after the incident.
A tanker exploded Wednesday at Royal Chemical in Macedonia, resulting in multiple injuries. One victim suffered life-threatening burns.
A fuel tanker carrying 9,000 US gallons (34,000 L; 7,500 imp gal) of gasoline, in an attempt to avoid a motorbike, overturned and began spilling fuel. [5] The driver of the truck exited the vehicle and warned bystanders not to approach. [9] However some of the victims of the explosion had rushed forward after the initial crash.
On July 19, 2019, a gas explosion destroyed a house in Christchurch, New Zealand, and damaged surrounding houses. 6 people were injured. [43] On August 10, 2019, a gas tanker in Morogoro, Tanzania exploded, killing 75 and injuring at least 55. [44] On Sept. 16, 2019, a propane leak caused the LEAP building on Route 2 in Farmington Maine to explode.
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