Lagos witnessed another pipeline explosion…in which about 10 people were feared dead and about 17 declared missing...Eyewitnesses said large quantities of petroleum products that were not properly cleaned up from the breach caught fire. Pipeline Product Marketing Company (PPMC) Spokesperson, Ralph Ugwu, explained that a spill around a pipeline that had just been repaired caught fire from the bush, but "the fire has been extinguished as I am talking to you now. There was no casualty and no property is loss."...However, eyewitnesses confirmed that several people died in the stampede that followed the incident and others received injuries...Senate Spokesman Ayogu Eze [said]..."It is true that pipeline fire has become a recurring issue, we can no longer fold our hands and allow this to continue," [also refers to Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation]