What the records say
- When
- 15 Oct 2024
- Kind
- Explosion
- Coordinates
- 12.31° N, 9.46° E
- Description
- fuel tanker explosion in Nigeria
2024 Majiya fuel tanker explosion
Fuel tanker explosion in Nigeria
On 15 October 2024, a fuel tanker exploded in Majiya, Jigawa State, Nigeria, killing 209 people and injuring 124 others.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA · Read the article
2 sources record it
- Wikidata: air, rail, road, mining and industrial accidentsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “2024 Majiya fuel tanker explosion: At least 170 people are killed and 100 others are injured after an overturned fuel truck explodes while residents were…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
Nearby in time and place
- 2025 Katsina mosque attack19 Aug 2025 · Massacre · Deaths 27
- 2023 Yobe State attacks: At least seventeen people are killed in Gurokayeya, Yobe State when Boko Haram-aligned gunmen storm the village30 Oct 2023 · Event
- 2022 Kajuru killings5 Jun 2022 · Massacre · Deaths 32
- Tarmuwa massacre1 Sep 2024 · Massacre · Deaths 130
- bomb attack at the Maulidi event in Kaduna3 Dec 2023 · Military operation · Deaths 85
- Tudun Biri drone strike3 Dec 2023 · Military operation · Deaths 120
- Runji massacre15 Apr 2023 · Massacre · Deaths 33
- 2023 Plateau State massacres25 Dec 2023 · Massacre · Deaths 140