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Death toll rises above 140 in Nigeria tanker explosion
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- 16 October, 2024
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A fuel tanker explosion in northern Nigeria has killed more than 140 people, a spokesman for the national emergency agency told AFP on Wednesday, Report informs.
Victims were burnt to death on Tuesday trying to collect fuel that had spilled from the crashed vehicle in the town of Majia in Jigawa state.
Nura Abdullahi, a spokesman for the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), said "more than 140" people have been buried in a mass grave and warned the toll was likely to rise further.
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Nigeriyada tankerin partlaması nəticəsində ölənlərin sayı 140-a çatıb - YENİLƏNİB
Число погибших при взрыве бензовоза в Нигерии возросло до 147 человек
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