Fuel tanker truck blast kills at least 70 in Nigeria | CNN
19 hours ago · At least 70 people were killed and more injured in northern Nigeria on Saturday when a petrol tanker truck overturned, spilling fuel that exploded, the country’s national emergency agency said.
2024 Majiya fuel tanker explosion - Wikipedia
On 15 October 2024, a fuel tanker exploded in Majiya, Jigawa State, Nigeria, killing 209 people and injuring 124 others. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Toll rises to 153 from Nigeria fuel tanker explosion - CNN
Oct 16, 2024 · The death toll from a fuel tanker explosion in northern Nigeria has risen to at least 153, with another 100 people injured, police told CNN Thursday.
Nigerian gasoline tanker explosion death toll rises to 86, with 55 ...
16 hours ago · The death toll from a gasoline tanker explosion in north-central Nigeria has risen to 86, the country’s emergency response agency said. ... The fuel transfer sparked the explosion, resulting in the deaths of those transferring the gasoline and bystanders. In an update, Hussaini Isah of the National Emergency Management Agency told the ...
Gas tanker explosion kills more than 140 people and injures …
Oct 17, 2024 · ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — More than 140 people, including children, were killed in Nigeria when an overturned gasoline tanker truck exploded in flames while they tried to scoop up fuel, emergency services said Wednesday. Dozens more were injured.
How did as many as 140 people die in one of Nigeria’s deadliest tanker …
Oct 17, 2024 · Nigerian authorities have announced measures to correct lapses that resulted in the death of more than 140 people in an explosion as they were trying to scoop up fuel from an overturned fuel tanker on Wednesday.
Behind Nigeria’s Fuel Tanker Explosion, a Fatal Quest for Cheap ...
Oct 17, 2024 · More than 160 people died when an overturned fuel tanker in northern Nigeria exploded. Witnesses and relatives of victims said poverty had driven most to try to collect the spilled gas.
Fuel Tanker Explosion Leaves at Least 150 Dead in Nigeria
Oct 16, 2024 · More than 150 people were killed in northern Nigeria on Tuesday after an overturned fuel tanker exploded, according to a police spokesman, in one of the deadliest road disasters ever recorded...
Fire kills 153 people after fuel tanker crash in Nigeria
Oct 17, 2024 · An overturned fuel tanker exploded on Tuesday night in northern Nigeria, killing at least 153 people who had rushed to the scene of the accident to collect leaking petrol, officials say.
Nigeria fuel tanker explosion kills more than 150, injures dozens
Oct 16, 2024 · More than 150 people have been killed and dozens of others wounded after an overturned fuel tanker exploded in northwestern Nigeria, authorities said. The crash on Tuesday night took place on...