The blast happened on Monday in the southern River state’s Emohua district.
An explosion and fire at an illegal oil refinery site in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region killed at least 15 people, including a pregnant woman, residents and a local environmental rights group has reported.
The workers at the site were refining oil taken from a vandalised pipe, according to Chima Avadi, a local activist. “When they scoop from the point where they vandalised the pipe, they will take to where they were cooking. That is how fire got there,” Mr Avadi said.Dozens of people were being treated in hospitals, he said. A pregnant woman was among the 15 victims confirmed dead, according to a statement issued by the Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre, a local environmental rights group.
“The money they make from there in one or two days is more than what a civil servant can make in a year,” Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre executive director Fyneface Dumnamene said. As one of Africa’s top oil producers, Nigeria gets most of its wealth from the Niger Delta region. However, residents say their communities lack basic amenities and they feel abandoned by the government.
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