Majiya, Nigeria, Oct 16, 2024 (AFP) - Death toll rises above 140 in Nigeria tanker explosion: emergency agency

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2024-10-16

A fuel tanker explosion in northern Nigeria has killed more than 140 people, a spokesman for the national emergency agency told AFP on Wednesday. Victims were burnt to death on Tuesday trying to collect fuel that had spilled from the crashed vehicle in the town of Majia in Jigawa state. Nura Abdullahi, a spokesman for the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), said "more than 140" people have been buried in a mass grave and warned the toll......

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