LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) Rebels are claiming responsibility for a fire at Nigeria's Warri oil refinery that officials call a "minor incident."
Spokeswoman Tumini Green of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. said Tuesday morning's fire caused no injuries and was promptly extinguished.
But a statement purporting to come from the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, or MEND, warned the fire is part of a new campaign against the government's "unsustainable and fraudulent" amnesty program.
Top MEND fighters signed a 2009 deal in which many were paid by the government. Some now provide protection for the international oil companies they used to attack.
But some disgruntled MEND activists threaten continued sabotage.
