2006 Lagos pipeline explosion

2006 Lagos pipeline explosion

The 2006 Lagos pipeline explosion may refer to two separate pipeline explosions that have occurred in or near Lagos, Nigeria in 2006:

* The 2006 Atlas Creek pipeline explosion, which occurred on May 12.
* The 2006 Abule Egba pipeline explosion, which occurred on December 26.


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