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Kerosene explosion injures 60

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    At least 60 people have been injured in recent weeks in explosions caused by adulterated kerosine in Nigeria’s mid-western state of Edo, ‘The Guardian’ daily in Lagos reported on Thursday.

    The newspaper reported Red Cross officials as saying that a number of victims had been refused admission in some hospitals because they could not pay the fees. Many of the victims were taken to the University Teaching Hospital in Benin City, the Edo State capital, but there are not enough beds for the new victims being brought in daily.

    Kerosene, the main cooking fuel used in Nigerian homes, is now being imported due to production shortfalls at local refineries.

    Dr Eddy Ehikhanor of the Save Accident Victims of Nigeria charity was reported as saying that the victims needed assistance urgently “otherwise we are going to have a disaster on our hands”.

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