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Oil Blast at Nigerian Homemade Refinery Kills 37 People

HeadlineOct 04, 2023

In Nigeria, Reuters reports at least 37 people are dead after a homemade refinery ignited a nearby oil reservoir and exploded into flames. Illegal oil refining is common along the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, where local residents living in extreme poverty tap pipelines to make and sell fuel.

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