Burning oil refinery explosion in Nigeria kills 100 victims
Oil refinery ‘explode’ – AFP and Al Jazeera Reports on April 24 of the progress of an explosion at a bootleg oil refinery in the area linking Rivers and Imo states in the south of Nigeria On Friday evening, April 22, that
The death toll has risen to at least 100, and Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency said officials found the bodies, all charred, that might hamper identification. and the number of deaths is expected to increase considerably
ภาพประกอบ: More than 100 people were killed overnight in an explosion at an illegal oil refining depot in Nigeria’s Rivers state, a local government official and an environmental group said. /Archyde.com/Akintunde Akinleye/
ภาพประกอบ: Illegal crude refining is common in the southern-oil region where thieves vandalise pipelines to steal crude which they refine to sell on the black market. /Archyde.com/
ภาพประกอบ: An explosion at an illegal oil refinery in southern Nigeria has killed over 100 people. The explosion occurred late Friday at the illegal site between the southern oil states of Rivers and Imo, police said. /Archyde.com/Akintunde Akinleye/
ภาพประกอบ: At least 25 people, including some children, were killed in an explosion and fire at another illegal refinery in Rivers state in October. In February, local authorities said they had started a crackdown. /Archyde.com/Akintunde Akinleye/
The explosion occurred late Friday at the illegal site between the southern oil states of Rivers and Imo, police said. “We recovered at least 80 badly burnt bodies at the scene,” NEMA in the area, told AFP. /Archyde.com/
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