Nigerian authorities in northwest Jigawa state say they are investigating the cause of a fuel tanker crash and explosion that killed over 140 people and injured dozens more early Wednesday.

"Residents who heard about the latest accident rushed to the scene and were scooping up fuel, sparking a massive inferno," Adam said. Tanker accidents are common in Nigeria, Africa's most populous ...

Soon large crowds began to gather around the tanker at the scene of the accident, with some gathering leaking fuel from the truck when it exploded. "We are worried that in spite of police warning ...

A fuel tanker explosion in northern Nigeria has killed ... one of the continent's largest crude producers. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published ...

A fuel tanker explosion in northern Nigeria has killed at least 94 people and left 50 injured, police said on Wednesday. Many of the victims had been trying to collect fuel spilt on the road after ...

More than 160 people died when an overturned fuel tanker in ... from Nigeria’s second-largest city, Kano. A map of Nigeria highlighting the town of Majia. The burned tanker, covered in soot ...

(Reuters) -A fuel tanker overturned late on Tuesday in Nigeria's northern state of Jigawa after the driver lost control of the vehicle, spilling petrol which exploded and killed at least 147 ...

They tried to stop people from getting too close to the tanker and scooping fuel before the explosion," the 50-year-old resident of Majia town told the BBC. The explosion on Tuesday night in the ...

Several people are reported dead and scores injured after a fuel tanker overturned and burst into flames at Kigogwa Town on Kampala-Bombo road in Kasangati, Wakiso District. Police said Tuesday ...

The death toll from a fuel tanker explosion in northern Nigeria has risen to at least 153, with another 100 people injured, police told CNN Thursday. The blast, which happened late evening local ...

An explosion tore through crowds of people who had rushed to collect fuel spilling from a crashed tanker in northern Nigeria, killing at least 147, officials said on Wednesday. The tragedy is the ...