At the least 48 folks have been killed when a tanker collided with a truck carrying passengers and cattle in Nigeria’s central Niger state, Nigeria’s catastrophe company stated.
Niger’s Nationwide Emergency Administration Company stated the collision occurred at roughly 00:30 native time on Sunday (23:30 GMT on Saturday) and triggered an explosion that engulfed two autos.
The company’s director-general, Abdullahi Baba-arah, stated a response staff was dispatched to the scene to cope with the scenario.
Many different autos have been additionally caught within the blast.
Video taken from the scene shortly after the incident confirmed two autos utterly burnt out, together with numerous useless cattle.
After the accident, an emergency employee instructed Reuters they have been working to get better the carcasses in addition to the carcasses of animals nonetheless contained in the car.
In response to state media reviews, mass burials are being held for the victims.
In a message of condolences to the households of the victims, Governor Umaru Bago stated he was “pained by this unlucky incident”.
Tanker explosions and accidents are widespread in Nigeria, partly attributable to poor street circumstances.
