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250 Die in Nigeria Pipeline Blast
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Felix Ossia <[log in to unmask]>
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AAM (African Association of Madison)
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Sun, 18 Oct 1998 19:00:41 EDT
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250 Die in Nigeria Pipeline Blast

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- A pipeline explosion apparently sparked by thieves
siphoning off oil led to an inferno that destroyed villages and surrounding
cropland, witnesses and officials said today. About 250 people reportedly
burned alive. An official death toll was not available, but journalists and
witnesses on the scene near the town of Jesse, 180 miles southeast of Lagos,
said the death toll was likely to climb as the search for survivors continued.

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