A pipeline carrying gas from Egypt to Israel and Jordan has been hit by an explosion, officials have said.
The blast happened at a pumping station at Nagah, in the Bir al-Abd region of the North Sinai governorate.
One security source told the AFP news agency that the pipeline had been bombed by saboteurs.
If confirmed, it would be the third attack on a pipeline in Sinai since February, when a popular uprising toppled President Hosni Mubarak.
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