TRIPOLI, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- One worker was killed and four others injured on Wednesday in a fire and explosion involving a fuel gas pipeline at a gas processing plant in Marsa al-Brega, eastern Libya, the National Oil Corporation (NOC) said.
The fire broke out in the morning at the gas plant following an explosion in one of the gas pipelines supplying steam boilers, the NOC said in a statement on its official Facebook page.
The NOC added that the company's operations were continuing normally, with no impact on domestic gas supplies or crude oil production.
NOC Chairman Masoud Suleiman said on Facebook that he had instructed the relevant authorities to launch a technical investigation to determine the causes of the incident, noting that preliminary information indicated a gas leak in the pipeline supplying one of the boilers.
Marsa al-Brega, located on the Gulf of Sirte in eastern Libya, about 800 km east of Tripoli, is a major oil and gas hub, hosting natural gas processing and liquefaction facilities. ■