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At least 10 killed in pipeline fire

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    At least 10 bodies have been found at a location just outside Lagos where several people were engulfed in flames at the weekend while illegally tapping fuel from a pipeline, oil officials said.

    The disaster occurred near Akute village, some 15 km north of Lagos, along a pipeline that supplies parts of southwest Nigeria with oil.

    [See separate Item: irin-english-1127, titled ' At least 10 killed in pipeline fire']

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