MADRID Jan 18 (EUROPA PRESS) –
More than 50 people have died due to the explosion of a tanker truck in the Nigerian state of Niger, in the center of the country, as confirmed this Saturday by officials from the Traffic Directorate.
The commander of the Federal Department of Road Safety, Kumar Tsukwam, confirmed to the state news agency NNA that the explosion occurred around 9:00 this morning, when dozens of people had gathered around a truck that was leaking fuel after a accident on a road in the local area of Suleja.
In statements reported by the Nigerian newspaper ‘Punch’, the director of the State Agency for Emergency Management, Abdullahi Baba-Arah, stated that the detonation possibly occurred due to a spark at the time of transferring fuel from the damaged truck to another. tanker.
The shock wave and flame resulting from the explosion fully hit the crowd gathered around the vehicle, in an event that has occurred on other occasions in the African country, where gasoline is an extraordinarily valuable commodity.
“More than 50 people have died in this traffic incident,” confirmed the Traffic Manager.
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