PORT HARCOURT (Nigeria): Red Cross officials say about 100 people died when a ruptured pipeline caught fire in Nigeria.
Disaster coordinator Suleman Maikubi says road construction machinery today pierced a pipe carrying refined fuel through a village on the outskirts of the main city of Lagos. He says flames from the blaze spread through nearby homes and a school.
Maikubi says about 100 people were killed and around 20 were injured and taken to a hospital for treatment.
