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| Lagos pipeline blast 'kills 100' | |
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| At least 100 people have been killed in an oil pipeline explosion in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos, the local Red Cross says. | |
| The explosion tore through the Ijegun suburb, engulfing schools and homes after a bulldozer burst the pipeline, reports Reuters news agency. | |
| 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. |
| Among the dead is a two year old baby, emergency relief workers said. | |
| "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. | "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, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) spokesman Abdulsalam Mohammed said. | |
| Nigeria is one of the world's major oil producers and pipelines cut through many residential areas. | |
| Several of these have exploded, often when local people cut holes in them to steal oil. | |
| At least 40 people were killed in a pipeline explosion in December last year. | |
| In 2006, 250 people were killed as they scooped up fuel from another burst pipe. |