The death toll from a fuel tanker explosion in northern Nigeria has risen to at least 153 people and injured 100, police told CNN Thursday.

Nigeria fuel tanker explosion kills more than 150, injures dozens. Police say explosion on Jigawa state expressway happened as people rushed to the overturned vehicle to collect fuel.

Fuel Tanker Explosion Leaves at Least 150 Dead in Nigeria Residents of a nearby town went to scoop up gasoline that had spilled from an overturned tanker, but then it exploded, setting off an inferno.

Fuel tanker explosions have become common in Nigeria. Last month, at least 59 people died when a passenger truck and two other vehicles hit a toppled-over fuel tanker that had caught fire.

Dozens more were injured. Deadly tanker accidents are common in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, which lacks an efficient railway system to transport cargo. More than 140 people ...

Abuja — Nigerian authorities in northwest Jigawa state say they are investigating the cause of a fuel tanker crash and explosion that killed over 140 people and injured dozens more early Wednesday.

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A fuel tanker collided head-on with another truck in Nigeria on Sunday causing an explosion that killed at least 48 people, the country’s emergency response agency said.

The death toll from a fuel tanker explosion in northern Nigeria has risen to at least 153, with another 100 people injured, police told CNN Thursday. The blast, which happened late evening local ...

More than 140 people, including children, have been killed and dozens others injured after a fuel tanker overturned and blew up in Nigeria on Wednesday. The overturned tanker sparked an explosion ...

Johannesburg — More than 140 people were killed and dozens more injured Tuesday night when a fuel tanker crashed and then exploded in Nigeria, local officials said.A police spokesperson said the ...

The death toll from a fuel tanker explosion in northern Nigeria has risen to at least 153, with another 100 people injured, police told CNN Thursday. The blast, which happened late evening local ...