{"id":5774,"date":"2019-03-03T17:01:55","date_gmt":"2019-03-03T17:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=5774"},"modified":"2020-02-13T12:12:01","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T12:12:01","slug":"50-dead-in-nigeria-oil-pipeline-explosion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/50-dead-in-nigeria-oil-pipeline-explosion","title":{"rendered":"50 dead in Nigeria oil pipeline explosion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over 50 people have reportedly lost their lives after an oil pipeline exploded in Nembe town in eastern Nigeria early on Friday morning (local time), the local media reported.<\/p>\n<p>Sputnik reported that the explosion of the petroleum trunk line \u2014 operated by the Port Harcourt-based Aiteo Group, large energy firm in Nigeria, continued to erupt enormous amounts of flame and smoke after the rupture, which was followed by a large oil spill in the entire region.<br \/>\nThe pipeline used to transport crude oil to the Exxon-owned Btransportt terminal on the Gulf of Guinea.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5776\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/blast_Mar3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/blast_Mar3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/blast_Mar3-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/blast_Mar3.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nHowever, neither Neither Exxon nor Aiteo group have responded anything post the incident.<br \/>\nMeanwhile, the total number of people injured in the accident is still on a rise.<\/p>\n<p>Nationwide strikes against oil companies in Nigeria by the workers to seek have been occurring frequently in recent years. 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