A fuel tanker has overturned and exploded in Nigeria’s northern Niger State, killing at least 35 people, according to the country’s Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC).

The vehicle skidded off the road and spilled petrol, which ignited shortly after the crash, Aishatu Saadu, the state’s FRSC sector commander, said on Tuesday.

Nigeria’s TVC News reported that several more people who were injured in the crash were taken to the Federal Medical Centre Bida for medical attention, with Nigeria’s Channels Television reporting that people were suffering from severe burns.

Niger State Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago offered his “deepest condolences” to the people of Essa in the Katcha local government area, where he said in a statement the tanker explosion “claimed many lives and left several others i

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