The oil facilities in Tripoli announced the control of the fire that broke out on the oil pipeline in the Nahr al-Bared area, stressing that preliminary investigations showed that the fire was not arson, and that it resulted from setting fire to land adjacent to the pipeline, coinciding with an oil leak from it.
The Lebanon Debate correspondent reported that a fire had broken out in oil pipelines in the Nahr al-Bared area in Akkar, where flames and smoke rose from the site, raising fears of the fire expanding and prompting appeals to quickly intervene and extinguish the fire.
In a statement issued after the incident, the oil facilities in Tripoli explained that “a fire broke out on the oil pipeline in Al-Bared, and the firefighting unit in the Tripoli facilities, in cooperation with the Civil Defense, succeeded in controlling the fire.”
The facilities revealed that preliminary investigations showed that “the fire was not started,” explaining that the reason was due to “setting a fire in land adjacent to the line that had been stopped for years, coinciding with a leak from it.”
It confirmed that it had begun work to address the leak in the line, after controlling the fire and preventing the fire from spreading.
Scenes circulating from the scene showed fires igniting and smoke rising heavily around the pipes, before fire brigades intervened and brought the fire under control.
The oil pipeline in the region dates back to an old network of pipes and facilities linked to the oil infrastructure in northern Lebanon, while the oil facilities explained that the part that witnessed the fire has been out of operation for years.
Thus, the preliminary investigation results resolve questions about the nature of the fire, as official data indicate that it was not arson, while work is currently focused on addressing the leak that coincided with the ignition of the fire in the adjacent land.
