Indian killed in Saudi gas pipeline blaze

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At least 28 people were killed

November 19, 2007

At least 28 people, including an Indian, were killed in a gas pipeline blaze in Saudi Arabia on Sunday. An Indian diplomat said that one Indian was among the workers killed in the blaze that erupted on the Haradh-Uthmaniyah gas pipeline, 30 kilometres from a major gas processing plant at Hawiyah, as maintenance work was being carried out.

"Twenty-eight people, including five employees of Aramco, died," a spokesperson of the state oil conglomerate, which has many Indian employees, was quoted as saying. The fire was later brought under control, Aramco, which has many Indian employees, said.

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