REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, ONITSHA -- As many as 100 people were killed by an explosion at a gas plant in southeastern Nigeria. An official at the state relief agency NEMA did not confirm the toll, saying the agency's workers were still assessing the site.

"I saw around 100 charred corpses," a local journalist, David Onwuchekwa said, as reported by Reuters. Friday (25/12).

The blast happened on Thursday when a truck was discharging butane gas at the facility in Nnewi town in Anambra state while customers were refilling their gas bottles, residents said.

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