### [2025-12-12](/feed/2025/12/12/index.md)

##### Tank truck
# At least eight people are killed and multiple others are injured when a tank truck crashes and explodes in Tiko, Southwest Region, Cameroon. 




### Sources:

1. [Africanews](https://www.africanews.com/2025/12/12/fuel-tanker-explosion-kills-at-least-eight-people-in-cameroon//)

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