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.

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. The blast, which happened late evening local ...

Nigeria fuel tanker explosion kills more than 150, injures dozens. Police say explosion on Jigawa state expressway happened as people rushed to the overturned vehicle to collect fuel.

Fuel Tanker Explosion Leaves at Least 150 Dead in Nigeria Residents of a nearby town went to scoop up gasoline that had spilled from an overturned tanker, but then it exploded, setting off an inferno.

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.

A petrol tanker carrying 45,000 liters of fuel exploded after crashing on the Iseyin/Oyo Road in Oyo State, Nigeria, on ...

Victims of a tanker explosion from Majiya town receive treatment at the Aminu Kano teaching hospital in Kano Nigeria, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024.

More than 140 people, including children, have been killed and dozens others injured after a fuel tanker overturned and blew up in Nigeria on Wednesday. The overturned tanker sparked an explosion ...