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The incident occurred after an elevated pipeline carrying petroleum products was punctured by thieves[1] earlier at midnight (local time), attracting hundreds of scavangers in the district who collected the fuel using plastic containers, allegedly to siphon fuel into a tanker, [2] before puddles of fallen fuel were ignited after dawn.[1] The cause of the explosion remains unknown, while witnesses has stated that the broken pipeline was tapped when the blast occurred.[1] Pumpjack pumping an oil well near Sarnia, Ontario Ignacy Åukasiewicz - inventor of the refining of kerosene from crude oil. ...
The number of people killed is unclear, but is evidenced to be in the hundreds. Abiodun Orebiyi, the secretary-general of the Nigerian Red Cross (NRC), indicated that there was no official death toll, but estimated that there were at least 200 dead[2][1] but was unable to determine to the final number of deaths, stating that the NRC "[doesn't] know if it is 300, 400 or 500". He also added that 60 people had been taken to hospital with serious burns,[2] while a number of houses had been destroyed, along with a mosque and a church.[3] Another senior official, Ige Oladimeji, was quoted as saying that there has been 260 documented to be dead by nightfall.[4] At the day of the explosion, a Reuters news agency photographer estimated 500 bodies in the scene.[3] The Red Cross and the Red Crescent emblems, the symbols from which the Movement derives its name The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is an international humanitarian movement whose stated mission is to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for the human being and all other...
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See also
- 2006 Atlas Creek pipeline explosion
- List of pipeline accidents
References Wikinews has news related to: Gasoline pipeline explosion in Nigeria kills hundreds - ^ a b c "200 dead in Nigeria pipeline blast, Red Cross confirms", CNN, originally Associated Press, 2006-12-26. Retrieved on 2006-12-26.
- ^ a b "Up to 500 killed in Lagos fuel blast", Reuters, 2006-12-26. Retrieved on 2006-12-29.
- ^ a b "Lagos pipeline blast kills scores", BBC News, 2006-12-26. Retrieved on 2006-12-26.
- ^ "Hundreds Die In Nigeria Pipeline Blast", Sky News, 2006-12-26. Retrieved on 2006-12-29.
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