Nigeria Blast News: At least 48 people were killed in an explosion when a fuel tanker collided with a truck in Nigeria on Sunday. The country's emergency service agency gave this information. Abdullahi Baba-Arab, Director General of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency, said that the fuel tanker was also carrying cattle in the Agai area of ​​​​the north-central Niger state, due to which at least 50 cattle were also burnt alive.

Baba-Arab said rescue operations were ongoing at the site of the accident. Baba-Arab initially confirmed that 30 bodies had been recovered, but later said that 18 more bodies had been found. Abdullahi Baba-Arab, Director General of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency, said the dead had been buried in a mass burial.

Niger's governor has urged people to remain calm and follow traffic rules to save lives, with statistics showing that in 2020 alone, 1,531 gasoline tanker accidents occurred, killing 535 people and injuring 1,142.