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Nigeria: 18 Burnt Beyond Recognition in Tanker Blast
The New Indian Express Vellore
|January 27, 2025
At least 18 people died and 10 others were injured in southern Nigeria after a gasoline tanker exploded, officials said.
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The accident happened along the Enugu-Onitsha expressway in the southeastern state of Enugu after the tanker, laden with gasoline, lost control and rammed into 17 vehicles, and burst into flames, Nigeria's Federal Road Safety Corps said in a statement.
This story is from the January 27, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Vellore.
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