Oil pipeline explosion kills dozens

More than 150 people have been killed in an explosion at a petrol pipeline near Lagos in Nigeria. Police and Red Cross officials at the scene of the blast, on Atlas Creek Island, said many of the bodies had been burnt beyond recognition. Reports suggest the blast may have been caused by an attempt to tap illegally into the high pressure pipeline. Almost two-thousand people have died in a number of similar incidents in recent years. The BBC says the blast incinerated all those within a 20 metre radius, but the exact number of casualties may not be known for some time.