The death toll from a gasoline tanker explosion ꦓin north-central Nigeria has risen to 86, the country's emergency response agency said on Sunday⛄.
The blast happened in the early hours of Saturday near♚ the Suleja area in Nigeria.
The death toll from a gasoline tanker explosion ꦓin north-central Nigeria has risen to 86, the country's emergency response agency said on Sunday⛄.
The blast happened in the early hours of Saturday near the Suleja area in Nigeria ꧒state after individuals attempted to transfer gasoline from a crashed oil tanker intꦑo another truck using a generator.
The fuel transfer sparked the ex🐎plosion, resulting in the deaths of those transferring the gasoline and bystanders.
In an update, Hussaini Isah of the National Emergency Manag🦂ement Agency told the Associated Press that an additional 55 people were injured and are receivꦛing treatment at three different hospitals in the Suleja area.
"There were peop💧le who were burnt to ashes. How can we get that figu🌊re," the official said, indicating that the death toll might be higher than 86.
"We won't know the exact figure without ꦇforensics."
The blast claimed so many victims because a crowd had gathered at the scene, including pe📖ople taking pictures, bystanders, and others attempting to scoop gasoline, Isah said.
Gasoline prices in Africa's most populous country has soared after the administration of President Bola Tinubu removed subsides on the product more thaꩲn a year ago in an attempt to channel the resources to more developmental purposesꦑ.
However, the policy has caused untoward hardship.
Scooping gasoline from a fallen tanker is common in Nigeria as some people see that as an opportunity to get free product that they could eith🎶er use or resell for a profit.