1.8K views · 26 reactions | Thirty-eight years ago,an eruption in Lake Nyos,in the Menchum Division of the NorthWest triggered the massive release of Carbon dioxide, killing over one thousand people and three thousand five hundred livestock. More than three decades on,Government says the degassing process has been completed and the Lake marked safe from gas disasters. | CRTVweb | Facebook

2.1K views · 14 reactions | #OnThisDay in 1986, an eruption of carbon dioxide (CO2) from Lake Nyos, in Cameroon, wiped out four villages, killing nearly 2,000 people. #TodayInHistory #History #Cameroon #LakeNyos #Disaster #1986 #TheGuardianNg | Guardian Nigeria | Facebook