Nigeria, Feb. 9 -- A rice mill, fuel tanker and other properties have been destroyed in a gas explosion that rocked F&S Investment, a gas station in Niger State.

The station is in Sabon Wuse, along the Abuja-Kaduna expressway in Tafa Local Government Area of Niger State.

This makes it the fourth explosion - as documented here - in less than a month in Niger State alone.

The inferno occurred around 10:30 p.m. on Saturday, causing residents to scamper for safety. No casualty has been reported as of the time of this report.

The incident happened when a gas-laden tanker was offloading at the gas station, residents told PREMIUM TIMES.

"The tanker was offloading when some parts of it caught fire," a resident, David Sakoma, told PREMIUM TIM...