Nigeria, March 9 -- Seven people have been confirmed killed in another petrol tanker explosion in Niger State.

The latest incident occurred in Karamin Rami, a village in Mashegu Local Government Area at about 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday.

According to a statement by the Director-General of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA), Abdullahi Baba Arah, the incident occurred after the tanker truck fell at a bad portion of the road and spilled its petrol load, which flowed into a stream where dry-season farmers were working on rice fields.

The statement added that the tanker's content came in contact with the farmers' water pump and caught fire. The fire then spread back to the tanker, causing an explosion.

It noted that the inferno r...