Talk:1998 Jesse pipeline explosion

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Did you know... that a pipeline exploded in Nigeria on October 18, 1998, killing a total of 1,082 people and injuring hundreds more?

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--JeffGBot (talk) 21:56, 8 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

"more than 700 people" killed?[edit]

The article currently says "up to 200 deaths attributed to the blast" but I was reading this article in the independent about a newer incident, but referencing the older explosion in Jesse, it states "similar accident killed more than 700 people".

-- Harry Wood (talk) 13:11, 13 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]