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Dozens killed in Iraq oil blast |
| Home | (BBC) - At least 34 people have been killed and others injured by an explosion at a disused oil pipeline in southern Iraq. A police spokesman said people had been siphoning fuel from the pipeline in an industrial zone south of Diwaniya, 130km (80 miles) south of Baghdad. The explosion caused a massive fire, which police said was hampering the rescue effort. |