Several dead in Saudi gas pipeline blaze

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RIYADH, Nov 18 (AFP): Several people were killed and wounded when a fire broke out on a gas pipeline in an oil-rich desert area of Saudi Arabia on Sunday, state oil conglomerate Saudi Aramco said.
The blaze erupted on the Haradh-Uthmaniyah gas pipeline, 30 kilometres (18 miles) from a major gas processing plant at Hawiyah, as maintenance work was being carried out, a statement from Aramco said.
The fire, which broke out at 00:25 am (2125 GMT Saturday), "caused a number of deaths and injuries" and was later brought under control, said Aramco, which runs the oil and gas operations of the world's top crude producer.