New Delhi, January 26: In a tragic incident, at least 18 people died and scores of people were reportedly injured after a gasoline tanker exploded in the south Nigeria.
The accident took place along the Enugu-Onitsha expressway in the southeastern state of Enugu on Sunday after the tanker, laden with gasoline, lost control and rammed into 17 vehicles one after the other, and finally burst into flames.
On being informed, Nigeria’s Federal Road Safety Corps and firefighters’ team rushed to the spot and initiated a rescue operation on the spot.
