A fire on a pipeline owned by Nigeria’s state oil company in the commercial capital Lagos killed three people on Sunday, Reuters reports.
The blaze broke out in the Abule-Egba district of the southwestern megacity.
Many fires on pipelines in Nigeria, Africa’s biggest crude oil producer, are caused by theft and sabotage. The methods used to steal oil often result in accidents that cause fires.
Oluwafemi Damilola, director general of Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), said he and his team were told “some undesirable elements vandalised the pipeline”.
It was not immediately clear what, if any, impact the pipeline fire would have on the operations of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
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