The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has donated food and medical items to victims of a fire explosion at Dikko Junction along the Abuja-Kaduna Expressway, Niger State.
The Director-General, NEMA, Mrs Zubaida Umar, who led a delegation to the scene of the incident on Monday, expressed deep sympathy for the victims and their families.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the incident occurred in the early hours of Saturday, along Dikko-Maje Road, opposite Baddegi Station.
A tanker loaded with PMS after crashing and in an attempt to transfer its contents to another tanker, an explosion occurred triggering the fire that claimed about 98 lives, injured 69 persons, and destroyed 20 shops..
Most of the victims were burnt beyond recognition, and the injured persons were evacuated to hospitals for urgent medical attention.
Umar condemned the act of poor handling of spillage…
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