At Least 86 Die in Central Nigeria After Fuel Tanker Explodes - Reports

NAMPA / Sputnik

2025-01-19

MOSCOW, January 19 (Sputnik) - At least 86 people died in Nigeria after a fuel tanker truck overturned and exploded on a road, starting a massive fire, This Day Live news website reported, citing the director general of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency. Eighty bodies were given mass burial by volunteers, while another five were taken by family members for burial in the town, Alhaji Abdullahi Baba Arah said. Most of those killed were yo......

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