Scores die in Nigeria tanker fire - Democratic Underground

muriel_volestrangler

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Wed Mar-28-07 05:45 AM
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Scores die in Nigeria tanker fire

Source: BBC

A petrol tanker explosion has killed 83 people and critically wounded 20 others in north-western Nigeria.

The victims were trying to scoop fuel from the scene of a crash after a 33,000-litre tanker tipped over in a village in Kaduna State.

Police authorities say there has been a mass burial for most of the bodies which were "burnt beyond recognition".
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The accident occurred in Kagarko village some 150km north of the capital, Abuja, on Monday night, although news of the crash only broke on Wednesday.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6502345.stm

And that's what poverty can drive you to.

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krispos42

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Wed Mar-28-07 06:10 AM
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1. Musta been a tanker truck

33,000 liters is 8900 gallons, about 27 tons of gasoline. When I first saw tanker I was thinking oil tanker and big enviromental disaster.

Jeez, over 80 people burned to death. That must be a terrible tragedy to a small village.

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Thothmes

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Wed Mar-28-07 06:58 AM
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2. Unfortunate

Seems this happens occasionally when a gas pipe line ruptures also.

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