An oil pipeline belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in Ilado, a Lagos suburb, exploded at the weekend leaving scores of persons injured, This Day reported Monday. Eleven fuel boats believed to be owned by some vandals who had gone to scoop fuel from the vandalized pipeline were razed. The fire, which erupted at about 8:15 p. m. on Saturday, damaged the pipeline that transports refined products from the corporation' s Atlas Cove depot to Mosimi depot in Ogun State, from where products are distributed to users in parts of Ogun and Ondo States and the North. The spokesman of the Pipelines and Products Marketing Company,a subsidiary of NNPC, Raph Ugwu, confirmed the incident, but said the fire had been put out while the damaged pipeline had been repaired. He also confirmed that the 12 boats, which the oil thieves operated with, were completely razed in the ensuing fire but he disclosed that there was no report of any loss of life. 