200 Deaths Feared in Nigerian Pipeline Blast

World | May 12, 2006, Friday // 00:00

Up to 200 people are feared dead in a pipeline blast that took place in Nigeria on Friday, media reported. The pipeline exploded right when hundreds of villagers had rushed to the site near capital Lagos.There was a breach in the pipeline and people were trying to collect the fuel spilling out. Officials still haven't confirmed the body count, but it looks like the blast has taken dozens of lives. Nigeria's Red Cross however announced that about a 150 people were burnt so badly that it was impossible to udentify the bodies.

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