Explosion in southeastern Turkey shuts down key Iraq oil pipeline, none harm

The pipeline carries oil from the Kirkuk oil fields in northern Iraq to the Turkish port of Ceyhan. Explosion in southeastern Turkey has shut down a key Iraq oil pipeline. (Representative Image)An explosion has shut down a pipeline in southeastern Turkey that carries oil from Iraq to world markets, officers and information experiences mentioned.

The blast late on Tuesday close to the city of Pazarcik in Kahramanmaras province brought on an enormous hearth that compelled authorities to additionally shut down a freeway, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported.No one was harm within the explosion.The pipeline carries oil from the Kirkuk oil fields in northern Iraq to the Turkish port of Ceyhan.Turkey’s pipeline firm, BOTAS, mentioned the fireplace was extinguished and that operations would resume “as soon as possible after the necessary measures are taken.”The reason behind the explosion was beneath investigation.Kurdish rebels who’ve led an armed insurgency in opposition to the Turkish state since 1984, have up to now bombed pipelines within the area, together with the Kirkuk-to-Ceyhan pipeline.READ: Gas explosion kills 3 in Sicily’s Ravanusa, seek for survivors underwayALSO READ: Bangladesh: Seven lifeless, over 70 injured in Dhaka explosionClick right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.