Monday, July 4, 2011

Blast hits Egyptian gas pipeline

Unknown attackers blow up Sinai pipeline that supplies gas to Jordan and Israel.
The dotted line in this map shows the route of the gas pipeline.

A pipeline carrying gas from Egypt to Israel and Jordan has been hit by an explosion in the Sinai peninsula.

The explosion on Monday sent flames into the sky, but there were no immediate reports of casualties. Emergency services were deployed to control the fire.

The blast took place at a pumping station along the pipeline at Nagah, in the Bir Abdu region, sources told the Reuters news agency.

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