So many people have been injured," national emergency services spokesman Ibrahim Farinloye said, adding that around 50 buildings were also destroyed in the explosion which was followed by a fire. The blast happened at around 0700 GMT destroyed around 50 buildings in the residential district of Abule Ado. According to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) the blast was caused by a truck that "hit gas bottles stacked up in a gas processing plant. He said that although he lives three kilometres away, the blast was so strong he felt it in his home. Pipeline and tanker truck explosions are common in Nigeria, where most people live in poverty even though the country is the biggest producer of oil on the continent, with around two million barrels per day.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 16, 2020 03:33 UTC