He said that they were conducting search and rescue operations as more corpses were still trapped.
Tragedy struck on Sunday as 48 people lost their lives when a petrol tanker exploded along Bida-Agaie-Lapai- road in Niger.
Abdullah- Baba-Arah, director-general, Niger Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), disclosed this in a statement in Minna on Sunday.
He said the agency received a report of a deadly tanker explosion that occurred on Sunday at about 12:30 a.m. along Bida-Agaie-Lapai highway.
According to him, the scene of the disaster is two kilometres away from Dendo community in Agaie Local government Area.
He said the incident occurred when a petrol tanker loaded with petrol (PMS) collided with a trailer truck loaded with travelers and cattle from Wudil in Kano State en route Lagos.
Mr Baba-Arah said two other vehicles, a crane truck and a pickup van were also involved in the multiple incident.
He disclosed that over 30 people have been confirmed dead, with over 50 cattle burnt alive.
The director-general said the agency’s ‘Rapid Response Team (RRT) and other ‘Local Emergency Management Committees (LGEMCs)’ were still at the scene of the incident.
He said that they were conducting search and rescue operations as more corpses were still trapped inside the ill-fated trucks.
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