Blast at Syrian gas pipeline, power stations hit - L'Orient Today

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A blast at a gas pipeline near the Syrian capital Damascus late Wednesday sparked a massive fire and put three power stations out of service. It came two days after an explosion caused by sabotage at a gas pipeline in the country's east. The official SANA news agency first reported Wednesday's explosion saying a "detonation was heard in Eastern Ghouta, near Damascus." A government source told AFP it was an "explosion in a gas pipeline near the Tishrin power plant" that sparked a "huge fire." Tishrin is a thermal power plant located around 36 kilometers (22 miles) southeast of Damascus. The exp…