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  • Red Cross says 269 killed in Nigerian fuel blast

    12/26/2006 1:30:34 PM PST · by raygun · 26 replies · 660+ views
    Yahoo News (via Reuters) ^ | 26 Dec 06 1417 EST | By Akintunde Akinleye
    <p>LAGOS (Reuters) - Hundreds of people were burned alive on Tuesday when fuel spilling from a vandalized pipeline exploded in Nigeria's largest city, Lagos, emergency workers said.</p> <p>"The number of dead is confirmed at 269. We have retrieved all the bodies," said Abiodun Orebiyi, secretary-general of the Nigerian Red Cross. Another 160 people were taken to two hospitals in Lagos suffering from burns, another Red Cross official said.</p>