<p>A gas tanker truck ignited an inferno at a crowded industrial gas plant in Nigeria, killing scores of people lining up to refill their cooking gas cylinders.</p>.<p><br />The disaster took place in Nnewi, a predominantly Christian community in southeast Nigeria, as residents were rushing to refill their gas cylinders in time for Christmas.<br /><br />By the time firefighters managed to put out the blaze, an Associated Press reporter counted the remains of more than 100 corpses.</p>
<p>A gas tanker truck ignited an inferno at a crowded industrial gas plant in Nigeria, killing scores of people lining up to refill their cooking gas cylinders.</p>.<p><br />The disaster took place in Nnewi, a predominantly Christian community in southeast Nigeria, as residents were rushing to refill their gas cylinders in time for Christmas.<br /><br />By the time firefighters managed to put out the blaze, an Associated Press reporter counted the remains of more than 100 corpses.</p>