Fuel tanker blast kills 18 in southern Nigeria

Another gas tanker blast kills one
A man was killed and two others injured in an LPG tanker explosion near Kot Chutta on the Indus Highway. The explosion caused a fire which engulfed two of four parked LPG tankers. The blaze also spread to a nearby petrol station.
Nigeria Tanker Explosion BREAKING: Fuel Tanker Blast Kills 18 In Southern Nigeria, 13 Injured
A tragic fuel tanker explosion in Enugu State, Nigeria, killed 18 people and injured 13 others on Saturday. The accident, caused by brake failure, involved 17 vehicles on the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway.
Fuel tanker truck blast kills at least 85 in Nigeria
The death toll from a gasoline tanker explosion in north-central Nigeria has risen to 86, the country’s emergency response agency said on Sunday.
Six killed, 29 injured in LPG tanker explosion in Pakistan
At least six people were killed and another 29 injured as a gas-filled tanker exploded during refilling operations at a warehouse in Pakistan’s Southern Punjab province early Monday morning, police said.
Several killed in Nigeria fuel tank explosion 1 week after 98 died
The explosion occurred barely a week after 98 people died in a tanker explosion in northern Niger State. Anadolu reported that Nigeria has experienced 172 oil tanker accidents and 1,896 deaths since 2009. 2024 saw the highest death toll, with 266 fatalities.
Latest Nigeria Petrol Tanker Accident Kills 18
Eighteen people were killed in a truck accident in south-eastern Nigeria, authorities said on Sunday, a week after a petrol tanker explosion left at least 98 dead.
At least 18 have died after a tanker carrying gasoline exploded in southern Nigeria
At least 18 people died and 10 others were injured in southern Nigeria after a gasoline tanker exploded, officials said. The accident happened along the Enugu-Onitsha expressway in the southeastern state of Enugu after the tanker,
Fuel tanker blast kills 18 in Nigeria's south east
A fuel tanker truck explosion killed 18 people in Nigeria's southeastern Enugu state on Saturday, the national road safety agency said, a week after another incident left about a 100 residents dead in the north of the country.
Hosted on MSN18h
It's Time to End Tanker Explosion in Nigeria, Says VP Shettima
Vice President Kashim Shettima has commiserated with the people and government of Enugu State over the fuel tanker fire, which claimed lives following an accident in the state, saying it's time to put ...
LEADERSHIP Newspaper17h
Victims, Residents Lament Ordeal After Dikko Fuel Tanker Explosion
Victims and residents of Dikko, in Niger State, which experienced the unfortunate incident of a fuel tanker explosion on ...
businessday7h
NSCDC recommends night movement for trucks to reduce patrol tanker explosion
FRANCIS Nnadi, Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Ebonyi State, has called on Federal and ...
The Express Tribune1d
6 killed in LPG tanker explosion
A gas tanker explosion near Basti Hamidpur Chowk on Narwala Road, Multan, claimed the lives of six people and injured 40 others on Monday.
Pulse Nigeria on MSN17h
Tinubu worried over frequencies of tanker explosion – Shettima
Shettima noted that President Bola Tinubu is very concerned and disturbed by the incident and other tanker explosions in ...
businessday2d
Tanker explosion in Enugu kills 18, Atiku and Mbah express grief
A petrol tanker explosion along the Ugwu Onyeama section of the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway claimed 18 lives, leaving several ...
Legit on MSN4h
BREAKING: Explosion rocks major north-central state
There is a fresh panic in Niger state as another tanker explosion rocked the northwest state, just one week after 98 people ...
Husband, wife still hospitalised 5 weeks after LPG tanker accident
Jaipur: Neera Sharma, 43, and her husband Ramesh Sharma, 52, residents of Narisinghpura in Jaipur, are the only remaining ...