AFP
22 August 2011
A fresh oil spill and a resulting fire has hit an area of Nigeria's main oil-producing region after suspected sabotage to a Shell pipeline, an activist and residents said on Sunday.
The fire along the Okordia-Rumuekpe Trunkline began several days ago and has since been put out in the area of the Ikarama community in Bayelsa state, located in the Niger Delta region.
"The fire has been put out by Shell," said Morris Alagoa of Environmental Rights Action. "But still the crude all around the farmlands has not been cleared..."
It was unclear how much oil was spilled. Residents said the incident appeared to result from sabotage.
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