Over 30 persons were killed in a petrol tanker explosion in the Agaie Local Government Area of Niger State.
The petrol tanker was said to have collided with a trailer truck loaded with travellers and cattle heading towards Lagos from Wudil in Kano state.
The Director General of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency, NSEMA Abdullahi Baba-Arab who disclosed this in a statement said the incident happened on Sunday, September 9, 2024, at about 12.30 am along Lapai-Agaie, 2km from Dendo Community in Agaie LGA.
According to Baba-Arab, over 50 cattle were also burnt alive and two other vehicles, a crane truck and a pickup van were caught in the inferno.
“NSEMA has received a report of a deadly tanker explosion that occurred on Sunday, the 8th of September, 2024, at about 12.30 am along Lapai-Agaie, 2km from Dendo Community in Agaie LGA,” the statement read.
“The incident occurred when a petrol tanker loaded with PMS collided with a trailer truck loaded with travellers and cattle from Wudil in Kano State heading to Lagos, two other vehicles, a crane truck and a pickup van were also caught in the incident.
“Over 30 people are already confirmed dead, with over 50 cattle burnt alive. NSEMA’s Rapid Respond Team (RRT), in conjunction with LGEMCs, is still on the scene of the incident conducting search and rescue operations as more corpses are still trapped inside the trucks."
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