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Over 100 Dead From Gas Tanker Blast in Nigeria

A gas tanker fire in Nigeria has killed more than 100 people. The fire ignited Thursday at a gas plant in the town of Nnewi, Anambra state, when a gas truck exploded after unloading its contents. Reports say the resulting fire burned to death many of the people standing in line to refill their cooking gas canisters. The injured were taken to the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital in Nnewi. It is not clear how many people were hurt. The fire is reported to have burned for...

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