Fifty-five people died when a tanker truck exploded near the international airport of Niger’s capital Niamey overnight, an interior ministry spokesman said Monday.
Le début du Ramadan endeuillé au Niger suite à la mort accidentelle de 55 personnes à Niamey la capitale suite à l’explosion d’un camion citerne. Paix aux âmes des disparus. pic.twitter.com/58kSxpls4v — Issaka Galadima (@IssakaGaladima) May 6, 2019
Le début du Ramadan endeuillé au Niger suite à la mort accidentelle de 55 personnes à Niamey la capitale suite à l’explosion d’un camion citerne. Paix aux âmes des disparus. pic.twitter.com/58kSxpls4v
— Issaka Galadima (@IssakaGaladima) May 6, 2019
“The toll from the explosion is 55 dead and 36 injured,” the official told AFP. “The victims were burnt.” Witnesses said people were trying to collect petrol leaking from the truck, which had overturned on railway tracks, when the explosion happened.
The authorities also stated that many other victims have been admitted to hospital following the incident.
