2006 Atlas Creek pipeline explosion
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2006-atlas-creek-pipeline-explosion-188-8953346
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2006 Atlas Creek pipeline explosion
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The 2006 Atlas Creek pipeline explosion was a disaster that occurred on 12 May 2006 at Atlas Creek Island, near Lagos, Nigeria, when a pressurized petrol pipeline that had been ruptured by thieves exploded, killing 150 people. The Nigerian Red Cross said that vandals had originally drilled holes into the pipe to steal fuel, and that local people had then come down with jerrycans to fill them with fuel. Approximately five hundred jerrycans were found at the scene of the explosion, which incinerat
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Atlas_Creek_pipeline_explosion
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2006-12-15T22:44:00Z
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2024-09-09T03:38:48Z
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