At the least 48 folks have been killed within the central Nigerian state of Niger, after a gasoline tanker collided with a lorry carrying passengers and cattle, the nation’s catastrophe company stated.
The Niger State Emergency Administration Company stated the collision occurred at about 00:30 native time (01:30 GMT) on Sunday, and triggered an explosion which engulfed each autos.
Director-general of the company, Abdullahi Baba-arah, stated response groups had been dispatched to the scene to handle the state of affairs.
Quite a lot of different autos had been additionally caught up within the explosion.
Footage taken from the scene shortly after the incident reveals the 2 autos, which have been completely burnt out, in addition to various lifeless cattle.
Talking to the Reuters information company after the incident, an emergency rescue employee stated they had been working to recuperate our bodies, in addition to lifeless animals which had been nonetheless contained in the car.
In keeping with state media, a mass burial is going down for the victims.
Governor Umaru Bago stated he was “pained by the unlucky incident” in a condolence message to the households of the victims.
Gas tanker explosions and accidents are frequent in Nigeria, partly as a result of poor state of roads.
