The death toll after the Sunday’s tanker explosion in Lapai Agaie road has risen to 59.
The Niger state Emergency Management Agency said one of the 8 survivors of the incident has died at the Federal medical centre Bida where he was receiving treatment.
Two locals that were taken to a village nearby for burial, and the rest were discovered during evacuation.
The agency also said that more dead bodies could be discovered in the process of the continued evacuation.
