A government spokesman says 20 people in southeast Nigeria died when
a broken gasoline pipeline caught fire, burning alive those gathering
the fuel. The fire happened in a remote village in Abia state, near
Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta. Abia state government spokesman
Ugochukwu Emezue said Monday that the fire happened Sept. 23, but it
took days for the information to reach officials. Pipeline ruptures
remain common in Nigeria, an oil-rich nation where militants and
criminals routinely tap into lines to steal crude oil and refined
gasoline. Fires can easily and accidentlally be sparked by those
attempting to gather the fuel.
- RSOE EDIS
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