The Niger State Emergency Management Agency has confirmed the death of one person while 10 others were injured in a petrol tanker explosion at Dikko- junction on the Abuja -Kaduna expressway.
Alhaji Ahmed Inga , the Director General of NSEMA said in Minna on Saturday that the incident occurred around 10 : 30 p . m . on Friday night and also resulted in the burning of several vehicles .
“ We received a report from our Suleja Desk Officer that there was a tanker explosion and many people were affected .
“ We cannot give the actual number of people that lost their lives , we will confirm that during our assessment; but from the report of our Suleja Desk Officer , one person died in the incident .
“Many people were injured and several vehicles were completely burnt , ” he said .
He said that firefighters from the State Fire Service in conjunction with their counterparts in the Federal Fire Service were able to bring the fire under control around 4 : 30 a .m . on Saturday morning .
Inga said the corpse of the deceased had been deposited in the morgue at Umaru Musa Hospital , Sabon Wuse , while those injured were also receiving treatment at the same facility .
He said the agency ’ s officials would visit the scene of the incident to ascertain the cause of the explosion.