
Four people killed, several injured in gas explosion near a school in northwest Nigeria
CNN
At least four people were killed and several were injured in a gas explosion that happened Tuesday morning in Nigeria's northwestern Kano State, police have said.
Kano's Police Commissioner, Sama'ila Shu'aibu Dikko told CNN that the explosion went off near a school in the Sabon Gari area of Kano.
"It was a gas explosion. There was a welder around the area and his gas cylinder exploded just very close to a private school... we have recovered four casualties, including the welder and a female. No child was affected," Dikko told CNN from the scene of the blast.

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