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70 killed in central Nigeria as fuel truck explodes
Greenwatch Desk
World News
2025-01-18, 11:23pm
LAGOS, Jan 18, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - A petrol tanker truck exploded after flipping over in central Nigeria on Saturday, killing 70 people who had gathered to take the spilt fuel, the national road safety authority said.
"The death toll stands at 70 so far," Kumar Tsukwam, the head of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Niger State, told AFP by telephone.