Nigerian villagers are continuing to sabotage the country's fuel lines just weeks after a massive inferno killed more than 1,000 people.

Hundreds died while trying to scoop up oil seeping out of a leaking pipe after an accidental spark set off an explosion.

The BBC's Hilary Andersson: ''The potential for another disaster is enormous''

Yet survivors of the tragedy and relatives of the dead, are already creeping back at night in the hope of stealing oil again.

Throughout the night soldiers now patrol the site of the disaster in Jesse in the south east.

The inferno was Nigeria's worst fire

In the last two weeks 11 more holes have appeared in pipes in the area.

The government owned petroleum company cannot repair them fast enough.

Villagers are undeterred by the dangers. The disaster has made them more aware of the profits to be made.

One man, who narrowly escaped death in last month's blaze, admitted he still syphoned off fuel from pipes.

The survivor, who was too scared to give his name, said he needed the money to feed his children and pay their school fees.

His village lies in the richest part of Nigeria - a regoin producing two million barrels of oil a day.

Yet the people live in squalor and the children are suffering from malnutrition.

There are more than 400 miles of fuel lines in this area of Nigeria alone and it is impossible to police their entire length.

They are 20 years old, rusty, leaking and easy to vandalise. This means the potential for another disaster is enormous.

Profit more important than safety

Nigeria's oil industry churns out wealth, but the business is characterised by corruption and decay.

Profit is seen as more important than safety or human welfare and that has brought the country to its knees.

Hundreds died while collecting oil from this leak

At a public meeting the people of Jesse, many of whom lost their entire family, blamed last month's tragedy on the government.

The rusty pipe had been leaking for days before the fire, yet no effort was made to repair it.

In the last three weeks around 100 more people burnt in the fire have died because no one came to their aid.

The few survivors still being treated for horrifying injuries are desperate.

One woman has been screaming every day for weeks in pain. Like everyone else she is being treated without anaesthetics.

Doctors say she will live, but in her screams she is asking what there is to live for.