Three die in gas pipeline accident in western Kazakhstan

[DuctapeFatwa]

A gas pipeline ruptured, exploded and caught fire in western Kazakhstan, killing three workers and injuring three others, emergency officials said Tuesday.

The incident on the Soviet-built Central Asia-Center pipeline occurred midmorning Monday in the Kaztalovskii district of West Kazakhstan region, interrupting gas supplies from Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan to Russia, the Emergencies Agency said.

Three workers of the Kazstroyservis company who were repairing a parallel gas pipeline at the time of the accident died from severe burns as a result of the explosion and three others were hospitalized with burns, the agency said.

The cause of the rupture is being established...

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2004/11/2/latest/19536Threedie&sec=latest

[sysoprock]

1. I hope Borat is ok.

n/t