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| Oil pipeline explodes in Nigeria | Oil pipeline explodes in Nigeria |
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| At least 10 people have been killed in an pipeline explosion in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos. | At least 10 people have been killed in an pipeline explosion in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos. |
| The explosion tore through a suburb, engulfing schools and homes in the suburb of Ijegun after a bulldozer burst the pipeline, Reuters reports. | The explosion tore through a suburb, engulfing schools and homes in the suburb of Ijegun after a bulldozer burst the pipeline, Reuters reports. |
| Red Cross officials said many injured people had been taken to hospital and they were still trying to rescue more. | Red Cross officials said many injured people had been taken to hospital and they were still trying to rescue more. |
| An official from Nigeria's National Emergency Management agency said the dead included a two year old baby. | An official from Nigeria's National Emergency Management agency said the dead included a two year old baby. |
| "The fire is still going on, a lot of people are dead. Houses are burned. People are running for their lives," AFP news agency quoted a Red Cross volunteer as saying. | |
| At least 36 people have been taken to a nearby military hospital, NEMA spokesman Abdulsalam Mohammed said. |