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Blast causes fire on pipeline in Turkey

"Blast causes fire on pipeline in Turkey

AUG. 19 6:34 P.M. ET A suspected Kurdish rebel attack caused an explosion and huge fire on a natural gas pipeline in eastern Turkey, the Energy Ministry said.

The region's governor, Halil Ibrahim Akpinar, said separatist Kurds were suspected of carrying out an attack on the pipeline. He did not say if a bomb was believed to have caused the explosion."

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