Iran: Oil Pipeline Explosion
Posted:
08/05/2011
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An explosion struck an oil pipeline in Iran's oil-rich southwestern province of Khuzestan early Friday, triggering a blaze that took firefighters hours to put out, news agencies reported.
Abdohossein Rezaeizadeh, spokesman for the provinces' branch of the Iranian national oil company, told the official IRNA news agency that the causes of the blast and the subsequent fire were under investigation.
There were no immediate reports whether anyone was injured in the incident.