The death toll from Saturday’s tanker explosion in Suleja in Niger State has risen to 98.
The Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) confirmed that 98 people died in the fire that emanated from the explosion.
Giving a breakdown of the deaths and the injured, the agency’s Director General, Abdullahi Baba Arah, said the death count as at 12 p.m yesterday stood at 98 while those injured were 69.
He said the fire razed 20 shops, destroying goods and properties worth millions of naira.
Also, 10 more patients who suffered severe burns have been confirmed dead.
Seven of the patients were said to have died at the General Hospital in Suleja while three others died at the General Hospital at Sabon-Wuse.
The Special Adviser to the Niger State Governor on Digital Communications, Abdulberqy Ebbo, announced this on his social media page.
According to him, at the General Hospital in Suleja, out of the 43 patients admitted there, seven have died, three were discharged to recuperate at homes, 10 others were referred for specialist care in Abuja, while the remaining 23 are still receiving treatments with varying degree of burns.
