Monday, September 9, 2024 -Forty-eight persons were confirmed dead in the petrol tanker explosion in Niger State were on Sunday in the Agaie Local Government Area of Niger State, given a mass burial.
The incident occurred in the early hours of
Sunday when the petrol tanker had a head-on collision with a truck loaded with
travellers and cattle from Wudil in Kano State.
Abdullahi Baba-Arab, the Director General of
the Niger State Emergency Management Agency, in a statement, also confirmed
that the mass burial in the local government was necessitated because the 48
persons were burnt beyond recognition.
Following further search and rescue
operations, he explained that 18 more bodies were recovered from the 30 bodies
earlier reported.
According to him, “Following further search
and rescue operations, my agency discovered 18 more bodies which were also
burnt to death and all the dead have been given a mass burial.”
Baba-Arab explained that the incident
happened at about 12:30 am along Lapai-Agaie, 2km from the Dendo community in
Agaie LGA, saying that over 50 cattle were burnt, and a crane truck and a
pickup van were caught up in the inferno.
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