Pipeline Explosion Knocks Out Power in Syria
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 2:14 amVOA - World News
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, flames rise from a gas pipeline that hit by an explosion, between the northeastern Damascus suburbs of Adra and Dumair, in Syria, Aug. 24, 2020.
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, flames rise from a gas pipeline that hit by an explosion, between the northeastern Damascus suburbs of Adra and Dumair, in Syria, Aug. 24, 2020.
An explosion on a pipeline in Syria caused a nationwide electricity blackout overnight.
State media shared images Monday of a large fire that officials said was located near the capital, Damascus.
The country’s oil minister said initial indications were that a terrorist attack may have caused the explosion.
The SANA state news service cited the electricity minister saying power is beginning to be restored in some provinces.