1998 Jesse pipeline explosion

A 16 inch petrol pipeline linking the Warri refinery to Kaduna exploded at Atiegwo, in the Idjerhe clan of Ethiope West in Delta State, southern Nigeria, with Jesse the main town in the affected area. Accounts differ on both the date and the toll: Environmental Rights Action places the explosion on Saturday 17 October and describes hundreds of villagers killed and hundreds more critically injured, while History UK gives 18 October and 700 killed. The accounts also differ on what drew people to the pipeline, one recording that local people from Jesse and nearby villages had trooped to Atiegwo that day and the other that residents commonly took oil from the line to supplement their incomes.

Date
1998-10-18
Deaths (Wikipedia list, low end where it gives a range)
1082
What the pin marks
The site of the explosion, as the cited page positions it.
Where the position is published
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_Jesse_pipeline_explosion

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: pipeline, petrol, fire, disputed cause, nigeria

Coordinates: 5.87, 5.75

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