The death toll from a gasoline tanker explosion in north-central Nigeria has risen to 98, the country’s emergency response agency said.

Nigeria's emergency agency said the death toll from a weekend gasoline tanker explosion in north central Niger state has risen to 86. Explosions that kill dozens who converge on crashed tanker trucks to scoop up spilled fuel have been common for years in Nigeria, and the problem is only becoming worse.

The death toll from a fuel truck blast in Nigeria has reached 86, the director-general of the regional emergency agency said. A petrol truck overturned and exploded on Saturday in Dikko, Niger State,