Dozens killed in Nigeria gas tanker truck explosionDecember 26, 2015 - 10:22 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A huge explosion on Thursday, December 24, at a butane gas depot in south-eastern Nigeria left "tens" of people dead, Nigeria's president said, according to BBC News. The fire raged for more than five hours before being extinguished. Witnesses said the bodies of workers and customers at the depot in Nnewi in Anambra State had been burned beyond recognition. Many customers had gone to the plant to fill up their gas bottles to cook meals on Christmas Day. "My heart and prayers go out to these grieving families at this difficult and painful moment," President Muhammadu Buhari said in a statement. The dead and injured were taken to the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital in Nnewi, which has a predominantly Christian community. Staff inside the plant are reported to have been trapped. "The fire burned beyond recognition all the workers who were inside that depot at that time and also all the customers inside that depot," Chukwuemerie Uduchukwu, who went to the scene, told the BBC. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. Byblos Bank Armenia celebrates Students' Day with scholarship recipients YSU students who received scholarships from Byblos Bank Armenia gathered in a casual setting to meet with the Bank's CEO, Hayk Stepanyan. Azerbaijan extends Rune Vardanyan’s arrest by 5 months A court in Azerbaijan has extended the arrest of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan by five months. Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. |