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Turkish energy minister: "Fire on BTC pipeline will stop in 1-2 days"

08 August 2008 [10:35] - TODAY.AZ
Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Hilmi Guler visited the place of fire at Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline.
Day.Az reports with reference to Hurriyet newspaper, the Minister announced that it will be declared after investigation whether the incident was a sabotage of no.

"We are waiting for the spilled oil to burn completely. Fire is not extinguished in order to prevent environmental pollution. We suppose that the fire will stop in 1-2 days".

In turn, general manager of Botas International Limited Salih Pashaoghlu noted that about 70,000 oil barrels have burnt so far.

/Day.Az/
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