The death toll from a fuel tanker explosion in northern Nigeria has risen to at least 153 people and injured 100, police told CNN Thursday.

Fuel tanker explosions have become common in Nigeria. Last month, at least 59 people died when a passenger truck and two other vehicles hit a toppled-over fuel tanker that had caught fire.

ABUJA, Nigeria — More than 140 people, including children, were killed in Nigeria when an overturned gasoline tanker truck exploded in flames while they tried to scoop up fuel, emergency ...

ABUJA, Nigeria — More than 140 people, including children, were killed in Nigeria when an overturned gasoline tanker truck exploded in flames while they tried to scoop up fuel, emergency ...

Dozens more were injured. Deadly tanker accidents are common in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, which lacks an efficient railway system to transport cargo. More than 140 people ...

Fuel tanker explosions make up a small portion of reported road-related deaths in Nigeria, a country of about 220 million people where more than 5,000 people died and 31,000 others were injured in ...

Nigeria fuel tanker explosion kills more than 140 and injures dozens more - The explosion happened after the tanker overturned in Jigawa state and people rushed the vehicle to scoop up the fuel ...

Victims of a tanker explosion from Majiya town receive treatment inside an ambulance at the Aminu Kano teaching hospital in Kano Nigeria, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Sani Maikatanga) ...

Tanker explosions are not uncommon in Nigeria, with this image showing people gather at the scene of a fuel tanker explosion in Majiya town, Nigeria on October 16, 2024 [Sani Maikatanga/AP] ...

Lokoja--The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has called for precautionary measures to prevent tanker accidents and fire disasters in the country.

The death toll from a fuel tanker explosion in northern Nigeria has risen to at least 153, with another 100 people injured, police told CNN Thursday. The blast, which happened late evening local ...