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199421
Sat, 08/06/2011 - 08:39
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Oil Pipeline Blaze Killed Off in Southwestern Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian firefighters managed to put out an oil pipeline fire in the oil rich province of Khuzestan in Southwestern Iran.
Firefighters have extinguished the massive fire that raged for more than ten hours.
An explosion broke out at the pipe transporting crude oil from Qale Naar town to the provincial capital city of Ahvaz at 1:30 a.m. local time on Friday (2100 GMT on Thursday).
Hundreds of firefighters and engines worked through Friday morning to deal with the fire, which spread 300 meters wide with flames that leapt 40 meters into the sky.
The blaze was eventually quenched 10 hours after the explosion, the Islamic republic news agency reported.
The pipe transporting crude oil from Qale Naar town to Ahvaz is one of the longest pipelines in Iran. The pipeline has the capacity to transfer up to 4,000 barrels per day.
Iran is the world's fourth-largest oil producer and sits on the world's second largest natural gas reserves.
Firefighters have extinguished the massive fire that raged for more than ten hours.
An explosion broke out at the pipe transporting crude oil from Qale Naar town to the provincial capital city of Ahvaz at 1:30 a.m. local time on Friday (2100 GMT on Thursday).
Hundreds of firefighters and engines worked through Friday morning to deal with the fire, which spread 300 meters wide with flames that leapt 40 meters into the sky.
The blaze was eventually quenched 10 hours after the explosion, the Islamic republic news agency reported.
The pipe transporting crude oil from Qale Naar town to Ahvaz is one of the longest pipelines in Iran. The pipeline has the capacity to transfer up to 4,000 barrels per day.
Iran is the world's fourth-largest oil producer and sits on the world's second largest natural gas reserves.
