2 killed, 6 injured in gas pipeline maintenance accident in Egypt


CAIRO, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- Two people were killed and six others injured on Sunday during routine maintenance work on a gas pipeline in Egypt's Ismailia Governorate, east of Cairo, the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources said.

In a statement, the ministry reported that emergency teams rushed to the Abu Sultan area after receiving a report of a "loud noise" at 6:40 p.m. local time (1540 GMT).

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