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Umar Farooq

Turkey: Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline operational after fire put out

The pipeline carries oil from Kirkuk in northern Iraq to the Turkish port of Ceyhan, on the Mediterranean Sea. [Umit Bektas/Reuters]

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.

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