{"id":22098,"date":"2015-12-25T01:48:10","date_gmt":"2015-12-25T01:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/scores-feared-dead-in-nigeria-gas-tanker-fire\/"},"modified":"2015-12-25T01:47:54","modified_gmt":"2015-12-25T01:47:54","slug":"scores-feared-dead-in-nigeria-gas-tanker-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/scores-feared-dead-in-nigeria-gas-tanker-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Scores feared dead in Nigeria gas tanker fire"},"content":{"rendered":"

{At least 100 people queuing to refill gas tankers ahead of Christmas reported to have died, with many also injured.}<\/p>\n

A gas tanker truck ignited an inferno at a crowded industrial gas plant in Nigeria, reportedly killing more than 100 people lining up to refill their cooking gas cylinders.<\/p>\n

The disaster took place on Thursday in Nnewi, a predominantly Christian community in southeast Nigeria, as residents were rushing to refill their gas cylinders in time for Christmas.<\/p>\n

The extent of the death toll was not immediately clear.<\/p>\n

By the time firefighters managed to put out the blaze, an Associated Press reporter said they counted the remains of more than 100 corpses.<\/p>\n

But in an interview with Al Jazeera, the plant’s manager Peter Nwosu said he was unable to confirm the toll.<\/p>\n

He denied reports that the death toll had surpassed 100 and said more details would be known following an assessment at the site on Friday morning.<\/p>\n

The naij.com Nigerian news site said the dead and badly burned victims were taken to Nnamdi Azikwe University Teaching Hospital.<\/p>\n

According to a witness quoted on the site, the accident happened at 11am local time on Thursday.<\/p>\n

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Source:Al Jazeera:[Scores feared dead in Nigeria gas tanker fire->http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2015\/12\/scores-killed-nigeria-gas-tanker-fire-151225043510038.html]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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