Oil pipeline explosion hits Nigeria's economic hub, casualties feared

People evacuate from the site of a fire caused by an oil pipe explosion in Ijegun town, a satellite town of Lagos, Nigeria, on July 4, 2019. Fire caused by an oil pipeline explosion Thursday in a satellite town of Lagos, Nigeria's economic hub, has been put out, according to the Lagos state government. The fire, which occurred along the state-run oil company's pipeline at Ijegun town at 5 a.m., was reportedly caused by vandals who were stealing oil from the pipeline, the state government said in a statement. (NAN via Xinhua)