Lebanon Extinguishes Pipeline Massive Fire in Akkar

The Lebanese civil defense teams managed to control the fire that broke out this morning in the pipeline linking Lebanon and Iraq.

Unknown people made several holes in pipelines across the Akkar Plain in the direction of the oil installations in Beddawi, causing huge fire, on Friday evening, according to the Lebanese news agency.

The leaked oil materials were set on fire, and columns of black smoke rose in the space of the region, threatening a certain disaster, as oil materials flow heavily into the water channels and their branches in the fields and on the roads.

The Lebanese civil defense teams went in an attempt to put out the fires, that need special materials to extinguish them.

It is believed that it is not the first time that oil pipelines have been subjected to such an encroachment motivated by the theft of the oil materials which are still deposited in them.

The Oil Facilities Administration, that was informed of the matter, sent workshops to extinguish the fires and repair faults, while investigations continue to find out the identity of the attackers.

A video spread on social media showing the huge fire that broke out on the oil pipeline linking Iraq with northern Lebanon.

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