Fuel Tankers

A fuel tanker explosion in northern Nigeria has killed more than 170 people, with a further 70 receiving intensive care in hospital, police said on Friday.

At least 48 people were killed on Sunday in a fuel tanker truck explosion following a collision with another vehicle in north-central Nigeria, the state's disaster management agency said.

A Philippine-flagged tanker carrying 1.4 million litres of industrial fuel oil capsized and sank off Manila on Thursday, authorities said, as they raced against time to contain the spill.

Interstate-95 in Norwalk, Connecticut, has been closed in both directions indefinitely following a crash involving a fuel tanker that caught fire beneath an overpass.

A Marshall Islands-flagged liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tanker reported two explosions near the ship as it travelled off the coast of Yemen's port city of Hodeidah, the third merchant vessel attack of the past 48 hours, British security firm Ambrey

A massive fire erupted at a flyover near the Khanna area in Punjab's Ludhiana today, sending plumes of thick, black smoke billowing into the sky.

Israel's war cabinet has allowed the delivery of two tankers of diesel fuel daily to the embattled Gaza Strip, Israeli officials said Friday, as hospitals and aid schemes shut down over energy shortages.

The Rolls-Royce, which collided with a fuel tanker on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Nuh near Delhi on Tuesday, was part of a 14-car convoy, CCTV footage from the Hilalpur toll plaza on the expressway showed.

Ten people died and around 40 others were injured when a fuel tanker exploded in Boksburg, a South African city east of Johannesburg, emergency services said Saturday.

3 people were killed when a fuel tanker exploded at a Russian air base, a state news agency said, and a regional governor acknowledged reports of a blast at a separate base housing bombers that are part of Russia's strategic nuclear for forces.

The death toll in the fuel tanker fire incident in Madhya Pradesh's Khargone rose to 15 after five more people succumbed to their injuries, a senior official said today.

Police sources said that it is yet to be ascertained whether the tanker exploded after colliding with some vehicles or the vehicles collided with the on-fire tanker.

The death count in the fuel tanker fire incident in Khargone district of Madhya Pradesh rose to seven on Saturday after five more people succumbed to injuries, a senior official said.

A woman was killed and at least 23 other people were injured when a fuel tanker caught fire after overturning near a village in Madhya Pradesh's Khargone district today morning, officials said.

A cargo train hit a fuel tanker in central Mexico on Thursday, causing a major blaze that set several homes on fire, according to local media and government officials.

A fuel tanker explosion in northern Nigeria has killed more than 170 people, with a further 70 receiving intensive care in hospital, police said on Friday.

At least 48 people were killed on Sunday in a fuel tanker truck explosion following a collision with another vehicle in north-central Nigeria, the state's disaster management agency said.

A Philippine-flagged tanker carrying 1.4 million litres of industrial fuel oil capsized and sank off Manila on Thursday, authorities said, as they raced against time to contain the spill.

Interstate-95 in Norwalk, Connecticut, has been closed in both directions indefinitely following a crash involving a fuel tanker that caught fire beneath an overpass.

A Marshall Islands-flagged liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tanker reported two explosions near the ship as it travelled off the coast of Yemen's port city of Hodeidah, the third merchant vessel attack of the past 48 hours, British security firm Ambrey

A massive fire erupted at a flyover near the Khanna area in Punjab's Ludhiana today, sending plumes of thick, black smoke billowing into the sky.

Israel's war cabinet has allowed the delivery of two tankers of diesel fuel daily to the embattled Gaza Strip, Israeli officials said Friday, as hospitals and aid schemes shut down over energy shortages.

The Rolls-Royce, which collided with a fuel tanker on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Nuh near Delhi on Tuesday, was part of a 14-car convoy, CCTV footage from the Hilalpur toll plaza on the expressway showed.

Ten people died and around 40 others were injured when a fuel tanker exploded in Boksburg, a South African city east of Johannesburg, emergency services said Saturday.

3 people were killed when a fuel tanker exploded at a Russian air base, a state news agency said, and a regional governor acknowledged reports of a blast at a separate base housing bombers that are part of Russia's strategic nuclear for forces.

The death toll in the fuel tanker fire incident in Madhya Pradesh's Khargone rose to 15 after five more people succumbed to their injuries, a senior official said today.

Police sources said that it is yet to be ascertained whether the tanker exploded after colliding with some vehicles or the vehicles collided with the on-fire tanker.

The death count in the fuel tanker fire incident in Khargone district of Madhya Pradesh rose to seven on Saturday after five more people succumbed to injuries, a senior official said.

A woman was killed and at least 23 other people were injured when a fuel tanker caught fire after overturning near a village in Madhya Pradesh's Khargone district today morning, officials said.

A cargo train hit a fuel tanker in central Mexico on Thursday, causing a major blaze that set several homes on fire, according to local media and government officials.