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Nigeria gas factory blast kills 'tens of people' says Buhari

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Nigeria gas factory blast kills 'tens of people' says Buhari
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Up to a dozen people are feared to have been killed by an explosion at a gas plant in southern Nigeria. The blast happened on Christmas Eve when a

Up to a dozen people are feared to have been killed by an explosion at a gas plant in southern Nigeria. The blast happened on Christmas Eve when a truck was discharging butane gas at the Nnewi facility in Anambra state.

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President Muhammadu Buhari’s office said “tens of people” who had been looking forward to their Christmas celebrations had been killed, without giving a precise toll. Most of the victims were customers at the plant or people who lived nearby.

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