Blast hits Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum gas pipeline in Turkey

Gunay Ozdemir said the blast happened in the early hours of Tuesday morning at a section of the pipeline located in the Sarikamis district of Kars province; gas flow was cut in Yagbasan village for safety reasons.

"An investigation is underway into the explosion and the necessary measures have been taken," Ozdemir said.

Last week, the Kirkuk-Ceyhan oil pipeline was attacked in southeastern Sirnak province, in an incident blamed on Kurdistan Workers’ Party militants.

The bombing took place 18 kilometers [11 miles] inside the Cizre district of Sirnak province, next to Turkey’s border with Iraq.