A major fire broke out after a leak of oil from the Shuqair-Mostorod pipeline next to a busy highway in a Cairo suburb on Tuesday and 17 people were injured, authorities said.
Burned vehicles are seen following a fire that broke out in Egypt's Shuqair-Mostorod crude oil pipeline, at the beginning of Cairo-Ismailia road, Egypt July 14, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
The pipeline’s valves were immediately closed in the area of the blaze and the flames were brought under control, it added in a statement. A witness at the scene said about two dozen cars were torched, apparently abandoned by motorists. A video posted online showed two residents pulling an injured person away from the highway while thick plumes of smoked billowed skyward.
He did not say when pumping would resume or how much crude had been flowing when the fire broke out. He also refused to say how the underground pipeline could have been damaged, referring to a committee investigating the incident.The crude pipeline runs from the Red Sea oil port of Shuqair to the called Egyptian Refining Co complex of Mostorod in Greater Cairo.
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