Forty-eight killed in Nigeria fuel tanker crash

At slightest 48 radical person been killed successful the cardinal Nigerian authorities of Niger, aft a substance tanker collided with a lorry carrying passengers and cattle, the country's catastrophe bureau said.

The Niger State Emergency Management Agency said the collision happened astatine astir 00:30 section clip (01:30 GMT) connected Sunday, and caused an detonation which engulfed some vehicles.

Director-general of the agency, Abdullahi Baba-arah, said effect teams were dispatched to the country to negociate the situation.

A fig of different vehicles were besides caught up successful the explosion.

Footage taken from the country soon aft the incidental shows the 2 vehicles, which person been wholly burnt out, arsenic good arsenic a fig of dormant cattle.

Speaking to the Reuters quality bureau aft the incident, an exigency rescue idiosyncratic said they were moving to retrieve bodies, arsenic good arsenic dormant animals which were inactive wrong the vehicle.

According to authorities media, a wide burial is taking spot for the victims.

Governor Umaru Bago said helium was “pained by the unfortunate incident” successful a condolence connection to the families of the victims.

Fuel tanker explosions and accidents are communal successful Nigeria, partially owed to the mediocre authorities of roads.