A fuel tanker exploded overnight in northern Nigeria, killing at least 104 people who rushed to the scene of the accident to collect leaking petrol.
The fire engulfed the overturned vehicle, which had been cordoned off by officers after it crashed, the police told the BBC.
A hundred other people injured in the explosion have been taken to hospital in the nearby town of Ringim in Jigawa state, many of them in critical condition.
Officers had warned people not to approach the tanker after the accident late on Tuesday night, but they were unable to contain the growing crowd, said police spokesman Lawal Shiisu Adam.
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