Illegal oil refinery explosion, dump fire and gas shutdowns

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Aftermath of explosion at illegal oil refinery in Nigeria (Photo by Reuters)

Over 100 hundred people have died in an explosion at an illegal oil refinery in a forest in Nigeria’s southeast. Bodies were burnt beyond recognition resulting in…