5 dead, several injured as properties worth millions perish in Lagos pipeline fire
By Guardian Exclusive
20 January 2020 |
1:49 pm
A day after pipeline vandals sparked a huge inferno that engulfed parts of a community in the Lagos suburb of Abule Egba, five people have been confirmed dead.
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