Gas pipeline fire disrupts supplies to power stations in eastern Syria
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The fire disrupts gas flow from the Jbessa plant as firefighting teams isolate the affected section.
A fire blamed on sabotage struck a gas pipeline in eastern Syria on Monday, halting supplies from the Jbessa plant to power stations, according to the officialSANAnews agency.The blaze broke out on a pipeline between Al-Shoula and Deir ez-Zor,SANAsaid.Hisham al Saleh, a gas sector official at the Syrian Petroleum Company, said the fire stopped gas flow from the Jbessa plant towards electricity generation stations.Firefighting teams isolated the affected section of the pipeline and continued efforts to extinguish the blaze as gas pressure in the area declined, he added.Earlier on Monday, local sources toldAnadoluthat Syrian civil defence teams had been dispatched to the site near Al-Shoula to bring the fire under control.
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