(Oil and Gas News) Nigerian firefighters douse oil pipeline blaze: official

LAGOS (AFP) — Nigerian firefighters Friday managed to douse the flames from a burst oil pipeline a day after a huge explosion triggered a blaze that lasted more than a day. The Nigeria Red Cross said some 100 people were killed when an excavator accidentally pierced the pipeline, creating a lake of petrol that ignited into a huge fireball which engulfed a local school, cars and shoppers. Local government official Olatunde Agoro put the figure at 15. He said 14 people whose homes were burnt spent the night at the local council premises and were still there on Friday. Pipeline fires are commonplace in Nigeria, Africa’s biggest oil producer, in part because of poor pipeline maintenance but also because of thieves who vandalise pipelines to siphon off petrol to sell on the black market. read more

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