‘It's a sad story and a lot of people are shocked by what is happening, but a lot of people also are not surprised, [with] rising poverty levels, shortages and the rise in petrol prices forcing more and more people to desperate measures,’ said Al Jazeera's Ahmed Idris.
Witness Adamu Abdullahi, 37, narrowly missed being hit by the blast that took place at midnight on Tuesday. ‘I was there when the whole thing happened, I scooped up the oil and went home to drop it. I picked up my bike to come back, but it developed a fault. While fixing it, I then heard the loud explosion,’ he recounted.
‘Little did they know it is a cause of death,’ said Haruna Mairiga, executive secretary of the Jigawa State Emergency Management Agency. ‘Some of them that engaged in fetching this fuel were caught up with the fire. In the process of taking, there [was] a flash of light and the place caught fire.’
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