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Seventy killed in central Nigeria after fuel tanker flips over and explodes

Seventy killed in central Nigeria after fuel tanker flips over and explodes

Those who died had scrambled to take the fuel, which has rocketed in price amid an economic crisis

A fuel tanker exploded after flipping over in central Nigeria on Saturday, killing 70 people who had scrambled to take the fuel.

Kumar Tsukwam, the head of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Niger State, said a truck carrying 60,000 litres of gasoline had an accident at about 10am at the Dikko junction on the road linking the capital city, Abuja, to the northern city of Kaduna.

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