{"id":22902,"date":"2025-03-19T20:05:49","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T20:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=22902"},"modified":"2025-03-19T20:05:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T20:05:49","slug":"tragedy-strikes-as-gas-tanker-explosion-kills-several-shuts-down-abuja-keffi-expressway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=22902","title":{"rendered":"Tragedy Strikes as Gas Tanker Explosion Kills Several, Shuts Down Abuja-Keffi Expressway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">An unconfirmed number of people were feared dead on Wednesday, while many others sustained various degrees of injuries following a massive explosion near the Karu Bridge on the Abuja-Keffi Expressway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The incident, caused by a gas tanker that burst into flames, engulfed several vehicles and cut off the busy roadway in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The explosion occurred during rush hour as commuters were returning home, triggering multiple secondary blasts and widespread panic. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Emergency responders swiftly arrived at the scene to provide rescue services, with personnel from the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and other security agencies working to contain the situation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Eyewitnesses reported that the explosion caused severe gridlock, forcing many motorists to abandon their vehicles. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">As of 8:30 p.m., traffic remained at a standstill in both directions of the expressway, with stranded commuters struggling to navigate the chaos.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An unconfirmed number of people were feared dead on Wednesday, while many others sustained various degrees of injuries following a massive explosion near the Karu Bridge on the Abuja-Keffi Expressway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22903,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[10388,4438,10387,9899,10386],"class_list":["post-22902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-metro","tag-abuja-keffi-expressway","tag-explosion","tag-gas-tanker","tag-shuts-down","tag-tragedy-strikes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22902"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22902"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22904,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22902\/revisions\/22904"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}