2025 Suleja fuel tanker explosion

When

2025

Kind

Explosion

Coordinates

9.27° N, 7.22° E

Description

fuel tanker explosion in Nigeria

Fuel tanker explosion in Nigeria

On 18 January 2025, a fuel tanker carrying roughly 60,000 litres (3,700,000 in3) of petrol overturned at the Dikko junction near Suleja, Niger State, northern Nigeria, where after crashing local residents gathered to collect spilled fuel. The fuel promptly caused an explosion which killed over 100 people and injured another 69, including at least 52 critically.

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• 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 “98 people are killed in a fuel tanker explosion near Suleja, Niger State, Nigeria”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “قُتل ثمانية وتسعون شخصًا في انفجار صهريج وقود بالقرب من سوليجا، ولاية نيجر، شمال نيجيريا”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “尼日利亚中北部尼日尔州一辆油罐车发生爆炸，造成数十人死亡，另有多人受伤。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page