According to the Syria’s official news agency SANA, the blast, which hit a pipeline between al-Zebari and Sa’alo villages in Deir Ezzor countryside, caused 400,000 cubic meters of gas to leak.
Pumping operations at al-Omar field were also halted following the explosion.
Terrorist groups have blown up several fuel pipelines across Syria since the beginning of unrest in the country last year.
Meanwhile, UN, Arab League envoy Kofi Annan has said that he is gravely concerned about latest reports on escalation of violence in Syria and urged both the Damascus government and the opposition to “take all steps to ensure that civilians are not harmed.”
There has been an escalation of fighting in Syria in recent days after the terrorist Free Syrian Army abandoned the ceasefire brokered by Annan and stepped up its attacks targeting civilians and government troops.
Damascus has repeatedly accused the armed groups of violating the ceasefire since it was declared on 12 April as part of Annan’s six-point peace plan to end months of unrest in Syria.
Syria has been experiencing unrest since mid-March 2011 and many people, including hundreds of security forces, have been killed in the country over the past 15 months.
While the West and the Syrian opposition say the government is responsible for the killings, Damascus blames “outlaws, saboteurs and armed terrorist groups” for the unrest, insisting that it is being orchestrated from abroad.
HM/JR/AZ
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