Tag: fuel tanker, gridlock, Lagos airport
PHOTOS: Gridlock as fuel tanker falls on Lagos airport road
An inferno was averted on Saturday at the domestic wing of Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA) Lagos when a tanker loaded with 33,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit...
Customs impounds 250 bags of rice concealed in fuel tanker
The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Kano/Jigawa command on Friday impounded 250 bags of foreign rice concealed in a fuel tanker along Daura-Kano road, worth over...
60 killed in Tanzania fuel tanker explosion
At least 60 people have been killed and 70 injured in a fuel tanker explosion in Tanzania, police said weekend. Pictures posted online show flaming wreckage scattered...
19 die as bus, fuel tanker collides in Iran
Collision between a bus and a fuel tanker killed at least 19 people in central Iran, state television reported on Tuesday. The collision, which occurred around 11:15 pm...
4 dead in Ogun fuel tanker accident
At least four persons were confirmed dead when a loaded fuel tanker was hit by a container-laden truck, resulting in the tanker bursting into flames. It was gathered...
Fuel tanker explodes in Kaduna
Thousands of passengers either coming from or going to Abuja are stranded as a result of an explosion and fire at Tafa along the Kaduna-Abuja highway. It was gathered...
Fuel tanker fire destroys shops, displaces 60 in Niger
A fuel tanker fire in Batati town in Lavun local government area of Niger State has caused the displacement of over 60 people with 48 shops burnt. The Niger State...
10 dead, six injured in Lokoja fuel tanker inferno
Ten people were burnt beyond recognition while six others sustained serious injuries when a petrol tanker went up in flames in Felele area of Lokoja on Friday. The...
140 killed in fuel tanker explosion
A fuel tanker wrecked in eastern Pakistan on Sunday, and as villagers converged to collect fuel leaking from the truck, it exploded, killing at least 140 people,...
Fuel tanker falls off Otedola Bridge
A tanker laden with 33,000 litres of petrol yesterday fell off the Otedola Bridge near the Lagos State Government secretariat, spilling it all on the road. The accident...
2 die as tanker explosion rocks Apapa-Oshodi expressway
Two people have been confirmed dead as a tanker conveying petroleum product exploded on Monday at Cele area on Apapa-Oshodi Expressway, Lagos. The fuel tanker had run...
Another fuel tanker catches fire in Lagos
Fire erupted at the premises of Zoom – a telecommunications company- close to the National Theatre in Iganmu-Lagos on Sunday morning, after an explosion occurred as...
