2008 Ijegun pipeline explosion

On 15 May 2008 a pipeline explosion occurred in the community of Ijegun, a suburb north of Lagos, Nigeria.

[3] Construction workers accidentally broke an underground pipeline from which fuel started to spill out; moments later an explosion occurred.

[4] The fire started from the Isolo end of Ijegun, which spread to surrounding homes and schools.

[5] Forty minutes after the fire started, NNPC (Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation) firefighters arrived on the scene.

But when the atmosphere became tense, the gate men and other staff were said to have run for their lives leaving everyone to their fate.