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.

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.

More than 160 people died when an overturned fuel tanker in northern Nigeria exploded. Witnesses and relatives of victims said poverty had driven most to try to collect the spilled gas.

More than 140 people, including children, were killed in Nigeria when an overturned gasoline tanker truck exploded in flames while they tried to scoop up fuel, emergency services said Wednesday.

Nigeria’s emergency response agency says a fuel tanker has collided head-on with another truck causing an explosion that killed at least 48 people.

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.

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 ...

Dozens of people in northern Nigeria were killed in a massive explosion as they tried to scoop up fuel from a crashed tanker truck.