Nigeria fuel tanker explosion kills more than 150, injures dozens | Transport News

Police say explosion on Jigawa state expressway happened as people rushed to the overturned vehicle to collect fuel.

More than 150 people have been killed and dozens of others wounded after an overturned fuel tanker exploded in northwestern Nigeria, authorities said.

The crash on Tuesday night took place on an expressway in Jigawa state. People then rushed to the vehicle to collect the fuel, police spokesman Lawan Shiisu Adam said on Wednesday.

“The residents were scooping up fuel from the overturned tanker when the explosion occurred, sparking a massive inferno,” he told The…