[5][6] While traveling on an expressway near the town of Majiya in Jigawa State, the tanker overturned while attempting to avoid crashing into a truck, causing petrol to spill onto the road.
[11] Haruna Mairiga, the head of the Emergency Management Agency in Jigawa State, said that a mass burial took place for the dead.
[9][5] Police spokesman Lawan Shiisu Adam stated that at least 100 people, many critically, were injured by the explosion and were taken to hospitals in the towns of Ringim and Hadejia.
Vice President Kashim Shettima requested a safety review and said that the federal government would send resources to support the affected people.
Tinubu sent senior government officials including the ministers of defense and transportation to the disaster site, together with food aid and medical supplies.