Nigerian police mentioned the loss of life toll from an explosion involving a gasoline tanker within the nation’s north has now elevated to 153.
Police spokesman Lawan Adam mentioned 100 individuals had additionally been hospitalized after the tanker caught fireplace following a site visitors accident, as individuals swarmed round it to gather escaping gasoline. The accident occurred on Tuesday in Majiya, a city in Jigawa state 540 kilometers (338 miles) north of the capital, Abuja.
President Bola Tinubu mentioned the nation will undertake a “complete overview of gas transportation and security protocols,” whereas providing his condolences to households of the victims.
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The tanker driver misplaced management of his car inflicting a crash, and “on realizing what occurred, the residents began trooping with their containers to faucet from the spilling oil,” Adam mentioned.
Police tried to clear the scene and individuals who refused to depart have been scooping up the gas when the “tank exploded and caught them within the fireplace,” he added.
The value of gasoline within the West African nation has soared since gas subsidies have been rolled again in a sequence of steps beginning final yr and now stands round 1,000 naira ($0.61) a liter, the very best value Nigerians have ever paid.
Deadly incidents involving gas theft aren’t unusual in Nigeria. Greater than 1,000 individuals have been burnt to loss of life in Nigeria’s Delta State in 1998 when a punctured pipeline exploded.
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