2025 Suleja fuel tanker explosion - Wikipedia
1 day ago · On January 18, 2025, a fuel tanker carrying roughly 60,000 liters of petrol overturned at the Dikko junction near Suleja, Niger State, northern Nigeria, where after crashing local residents gathered to collect spilled fuel.The fuel promptly caused an explosion which killed 86 people and injured another 55, including at least 52 critically. [1]
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.
Nigerian gasoline tanker explosion kills at least 70 people ...
1 day ago · At least 70 people have been killed in north-central Nigeria after a gasoline tanker exploded, the country’s emergency response agency said. ... The fuel transfer sparked the explosion, resulting in the deaths of those transferring the gasoline and bystanders, Hussaini Isah, of the National Emergency Management Agency, told the Associated ...
Fuel tanker explosion kills 77 people in Suleja area of Nigeria
Fuel tanker truck explosion leaves at least 77 dead in Nigeria A tanker has exploded after crashing in Nigeria, killing 77 people who had rushed to collect fuel from the scene, authorities say.
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.
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...
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...
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.
Fire kills 153 people after fuel tanker crash in Nigeria - BBC
Oct 16, 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.
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.