More than 150 people, including children, were ended and dozens of others wounded after an obviousurned fuel tanker exploded in northwestrict Nigeria.
The crash took place on an transmitway in Jigawa State. People then rushed to the vehicle to accumulate the fuel, police spokesman Lawan Shiisu Adam shelp.
Deadly tanker accidents are normal in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, which deficiencys an effective railway system to carry cargo.
People standardly salvage fuel with cups and buckets – especiassociate becaengage of soaring fuel prices, which have tripled since the rulement finished costly gas subsidies last year.
The defercessitatest accident occurred at midnight on Tuesday in Majiya town when the driver lost deal with of the vehicle on a highway, Adam shelp on Wednesday. Residents rushed to the scene before the “massive inferno.”
Most of the bodies were unrecognisable, ecombinency services shelp.
As mass burials were held on Wednesday and Thursday, Dr Haruna Mairiga, head of the Jigawa ecombinency services, shelp most of the victims were “burned to ashes” at the scene.
More than 1,500 accidents involving fuel tankers occurred in Nigeria in 2020, resulting in 535 deaths, according to Nigeria’s Federal Road Safety Corps.
At least 48 people were ended in September when a fuel tanker collided with another truck in north-central Nigeria.
The defercessitatest accident revived asks about the carry outation of safety meaconfidents and traffic regulations in the country.
