{"id":8234,"date":"2025-08-11T11:56:45","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T11:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/?p=8234"},"modified":"2025-08-11T11:56:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T11:56:45","slug":"tanker-explosion-kills-several-injures-many-in-zaria-kaduna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/2025\/08\/11\/tanker-explosion-kills-several-injures-many-in-zaria-kaduna\/","title":{"rendered":"Tanker explosion kills several, injures many in Zaria, Kaduna"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mvp-main-body-wrap\" class=\"left relative\">\n<article id=\"mvp-article-wrap\">\n<div id=\"mvp-article-cont\" class=\"left relative\">\n<div class=\"mvp-main-box\">\n<div id=\"mvp-post-main\" class=\"left relative\">\n<div class=\"mvp-post-main-out left relative\">\n<div class=\"mvp-post-main-in\">\n<div id=\"mvp-post-content\" class=\"left relative\">\n<div id=\"mvp-content-wrap\" class=\"left relative\">\n<div class=\"mvp-post-soc-out right relative\">\n<div class=\"mvp-post-soc-in\">\n<div id=\"mvp-content-body\" class=\"left relative\">\n<div id=\"mvp-content-body-top\" class=\"left relative\">\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\" class=\"left relative\">\n<p>Multiple fatalities have been reported following a tanker explosion at Dan Magaji, Zaria, Kaduna State, according to eyewitnesses.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred on Monday morning at about 8:30 a.m. near Rochas Foundation School along the Kaduna\u2013Kano expressway bypass, from Kwangila to Dan Magaji.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-12\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1826572\" data-uid=\"0826a\">\n<div id=\"mgw1826572_0826a\">\n<div class=\"mgbox\" data-template-type=\"container\">\n<div class=\"mgheader\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Eyewitnesses told security analyst Zagazola Makama, who disclosed the development in a post via his X handle, that the accident involved two fuel-laden tankers and two passenger-filled Golf cars. The collision triggered five loud explosions, followed by a massive fire and thick smoke that covered the highway.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the occupants of the cars died on the spot, except one driver who survived but sustained severe burns,\u201d a witness said.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency services and security personnel have cordoned off the area, advising motorists to avoid the route while rescue and recovery efforts continue.<\/p>\n<div class=\"heateorSssClear\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"heateor_sss_sharing_container heateor_sss_horizontal_sharing\" data-heateor-sss-href=\"https:\/\/dailypost.ng\/2025\/08\/11\/tanker-explosion-kills-several-injures-others-in-zaria-kaduna\/\">\n<div class=\"heateor_sss_sharing_ul\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Multiple fatalities have been reported following a tanker explosion at Dan Magaji, Zaria, Kaduna State, according to eyewitnesses. The incident occurred on Monday morning at about 8:30 a.m. near Rochas Foundation School along the&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8234"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8236,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8234\/revisions\/8236"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}