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1998 Jesse pipeline explosion

1998 pipeline explosion in Nigeria

On October 18, 1998, a pipeline explosion occurred in the community of Jesse (geographical coordinates ), 290 km southeast of Lagos, Nigeria. The cause of the blast has been debated. The Nigerian government stated the explosion took place after scavengers intentionally ruptured the pipeline with their tools and ignited the blaze; however, others have stated the pipeline ruptured due to a lack of maintenance and neglect with a cigarette igniting the fire.{{cite web |archive-date=2008-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080310175814/http://projects.ldc.upenn.edu/TDT3/topic.research/topic3014.html |url-status=dead

Located in the Niger Delta, the ruptured pipeline was owned by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), and served as a link between an oil refinery in the southeastern town of Warri, 340 km southeast of Lagos, and Kaduna, 610 km north of Warri.{{cite news

Weeks after the explosion, the death toll continued to rise as many of those with injuries died while in hospitals, while others fled care as a result of fearing arrest by the Nigerian government on suspicion of igniting the blaze.{{cite news

References

(May 16, 2008 }}{{dead link). "A chronology of pipeline fires in Nigeria". The Nation (Lagos).

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