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Africa Subsaharan
Lagos pipeline blast kills dozens
2007-12-26
At least 34 people have been burned to death after a petrol pipeline exploded in Nigeria's commercial capital, Lagos, officials say.

Local people had been trying to collect fuel from the pipeline, which had been deliberately breached, when something caused the petrol to ignite.
"Hey guys, I'm going to use this blowtorch to put another hole in the pipeline. You know, so's we can collect more fuel."
Most of the victims were women and children, who had arrived with fuel containers, witnesses said.
The men being too busy with bidness to deign to carry the fuel jugs ...
Such disasters are not unusual in oil-rich Nigeria. A year ago, at least 260 people died in one pipeline explosion in Lagos.

"The incident occurred in the early hours of Christmas Day... by the time our team located the place they found about 34 charred bodies," said Frank Mbah, a Lagos police spokesman.
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