Nigeria Petrol Truck: The death toll in the truck explosion in Nigeria has reached at least 86. On Saturday (January 18, 2025), a petrol truck overturned and exploded in Dikko, Niger State, killing people who went to collect fuel from the wreckage.
Abdullahi Baba-Ara, director general of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency, said in a statement, “80 of the dead have been taken for funerals. While 5 people were evacuated to their hometowns and 1 died at a primary health center.” Has gone.”
Death of people who went to collect fuel from the debris
The local emergency management agency said the deaths were caused by fuel being drained from the wreckage of the truck. In fact, as soon as the accident happened, people nearby started gathering there to loot fuel and they died due to the explosion.
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