A tanker truck exploded outside an industrial plant in rural southeastern Nigeria...in the city of Nnewi, in Anambra State...killing dozens of people who had lined up for gas to cook their Christmas meals, the authorities announced on Friday [25 December 2015]...A number of bodies were charred beyond recognition, and dozens of survivors were hospitalized with severe burns. The government said that “tens of people” had been killed, though The Associated Press and Reuters, citing local observers, said that as many as 100 may have died...[An eye] witness, Christopher Nwachukwu, told reporters that the blast may have been caused when employees started dispensing cooking gas from the truck without waiting for it to cool first...Poor regulation and decrepit infrastructure has been blamed for series of explosions by tanker trucks on Nigeria’s roads. [refers to Chicason Group]