Police said that at least 90 people have been killed and 50 injured as a fuel tanker fire exploded in northwestern Nigeria, reports Al Jazeera.
The explosion took place on an expressway in Taura, in Jigawa state.
Police spokesman Lawan Adamu told Anadolu news agency on Wednesday that the incident occurred the previous night.
The tanker sparked a massive fire that burned until 3:15am local time, he said.
However another fuel tanker explosion in Nigeria on this year’s September claimed at least 59 lives.
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