One dead, two hurt in explosion at gas pipeline near Lawas


KUCHING: One person has been killed and two others injured in a fire after an explosion occurred at a section of the Sabah-Sarawak Gas Pipeline (SSGP) near Lawas, in northern Sarawak, on Wednesday (Nov 16).

Lawas OCPD Deputy Supt Sila Kadong said the victims were construction workers on the Sabah-Sarawak Link Road project.

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