Tanker explosion in Niger State kills seven, Injures one person
Seven people have lost their lives in a tanker explosion that occurred in Karamin Rami village, Mashegu Local Government Area of Niger State.
The tragic incident, which took place around 6 p.m. on Tuesday, also left one person injured.
The Director General of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA), Abdullahi Baba Arah, confirmed the explosion and said emergency response efforts were ongoing to assess the full impact.
“The incident was a result of a tanker truck trying to manoeuvre its way due to bad roads without shoulder and falling. Its content (PMS) flew to a nearby stream where dry-season farmers were working on their rice fields.
“The tanker content came in contact with the farmers’ water pump that was pumping water and caught fire which went back to the tanker, and the explosion occurred.
The inferno came back to the farmland through the already contaminated stream water and burnt some of the farmers and the whole rice field, including fruit vegetation.
“Seven lives were lost with one person injured. The names of the deaths are Rafiatu Sahabi, Ramlat Shehu, Rashida Abdullahi, Raliya Abdulrahaman, Zainab Ahmed, Zuwaira Idrisu, and Maryam A Nura. Maimuna Isah is the injured person.
Meanwhile, the injured woman has been receiving treatment at Saho Rami Primary Health Care.”
