
Istanbul, Turkey – A fire at a major pipeline carrying crude oil from Iraq has been extinguished and the system is operational again, Turkey’s oil pipeline operator Botas said.
An explosion occurred along the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline in the southeastern Turkish province of Kahramanmaras at approximately 7:30pm (16:30 GMT) on Tuesday, Botas said on Wednesday, and a resulting fire spread to a major highway nearby.