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The Ibadan petrol tanker explosion was a major accident on the road from Ibadan to Ifẹ in Nigeria on 5 November 2000. There was a long tailback and a petrol tanker was unable to brake in time and so rammed the queue, causing an explosion and fire which destroyed over 100 vehicles and killed many people.
The explosion was heard in the Oyo state capital Ibadan, 130 km (80 miles) from the commercial capital Lagos. Some residents said the blast shattered windows of their homes. Nigerian rescuers ...
The massive fire at the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway broke out after the explosion of a petroleum filled tanker lorry leading to the transfer of flames to other vehicles approaching the lorry on the busy road. [5] [6] The Nigerian Federal Road Safety Corps tweeted that night, "A total of nine persons have been confirmed dead as a result of the ...
By AHMED SAKA and MICHELLE FAUL JOS, Nigeria (AP) -- Two car bombs exploded at a bustling bus terminal and market in Nigeria's central city of Jos on Tuesday, killing at least 118 people, wounding ...
A man rests in the hospital after 71 people were killed and 124 injured when a bomb exploded at a bus station just outside Abuja, April 15, 2014. Explosives hidden inside vehicles detonated during morning rush hour in a bus station in Nyanya on the outskirts of Abuja. After the initial blast, further explosions occurred as fuel tanks in nearby ...
The death toll from a fuel tanker explosion in northern Nigeria has risen to at least 153 people and injured 100, police told CNN Thursday.
Ibadan road tanker explosion: 30 November 2000 Nigeria: Lagos: 60 Unknown Pipeline explosion caused by oil thieves. [18] 6 March 2001 China: Fanglin, Jiangxi province 41–60 30 Fireworks explosion at a school kill that killed children and destroyed the building. [24] 6 May 2001 Ukraine: Donetsk: 10 26 Explosion at a coal mine. [25] 21 ...
On 29 June 2024, at least three bomb blasts targeted several areas in Gwoza, Borno State, in northeastern Nigeria, killing 32 people and injuring 48. [1] [2] The first blast struck a wedding ceremony at 3:00 p.m. local time, followed by another at General Hospital Gwoza before a third bombing struck a funeral. [3]