The loss of life toll from a gas truck explosion in Nigeria has reached 86, the director-general of the regional emergency company mentioned.
A petroleum truck overturned and exploded on Saturday in Dikko, Niger State, killing individuals who had gathered to scoop gas from the wreckage.
“80 of them are in a mass grave at Dikko (Primary Health Centre), while five were taken into town by relatives, and one died at Dikko PHC,” Abdullahi Baba-Ara, director-general of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency, mentioned in a press release on Sunday.
Fifty-five others have been injured.
An identical incident occurred in Jigawa State in October, killing 147 individuals.
The worth of gas has soared since 2023 when President Bola Tinubu ended a gas subsidy as a part of financial reforms.
Source: www.dailysabah.com