US EditionFuel tanker truck blast kills at least 60 in Nigeria
- The death toll from a gasoline tanker explosion in North-Central Nigeria has risen to 86, the country’s emergency response agency said on Sunday.
- An additional 55 people were injured and are receiving treatment at three different hospitals in the Suleja area.
- Most of the victims were impoverished residents who had rushed to scoop up the spilled gasoline after the truck overturned.
- Gasoline prices in Nigeria have soared more than 400% since President Bola Tinubu scrapped a decades-old subsidy when he took office in May 2023.
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The tragedy occurred in the town of Gurara, at a junction connecting the capital, Abuya, with the city of Kaduna. As a result of an explosion of a tanker truck transporting 86 people lost their lives this Saturday morning in Nigeria. READ ALSO: Nigerian Army repels terrorist group attack Boko Haram Abdullahi Baba-Arah, director general of the State Emergency Agency of the Niger region (NSEMA), confirmed that all bodies have been recovered and bu…
Nigeria oil tanker blast toll rises to 86
LAGOS: The death toll from the explosion of a petrol tanker truck in Nigeria that killed people rushing to gather fuel has risen to 86, emergency services said on Sunday. The truck carrying 60,000 litres (nearly 16,000 gallons) of gasoline exploded after flipping over on a road in the centre of the country on Saturday, authorities said. “The final death toll from the tanker explosion is 86,” said Ibrahim Audu Husseini, spokesman for the National…
The death toll from a petrol tanker explosion in central Nigeria has risen to 86, the country's National Emergency Management Agency said today.
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