Via CNN: Oil pipeline explosion kills up to 200 in Nigeria
Between 150 and 200 people were killed on Friday when an oil pipeline exploded in Nigeria, officials said, incinerating vandals as they tried to siphon fuel.“You can see the corpses. Some are burned to ash. Others are remnants … We estimate 150 to 200 people died,” the police commissioner told Reuters news agency.
“It seems these people were literally incinerated, almost instantly,” CNN’s Jeff Koinange reported from Lagos.
My word.
Apparently it was simply the result of people trying to steal oil. I suppose it is amazing that this sort of thing doesn’t happen more often.
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