QUETTA, Oct 6: Gas supply was disrupted to the main PPL gas purification plant in Sui from Pir Koh and Loti gas fields after a pipeline in the Mat area of Dera Bugti was blown up on Friday night.

The pipeline caught fire after the explosion which was brought under control by stopping gas supply from Pir Koh and Loti gas plants.

“Four to five feet long portion of the 18-inch pipeline was damaged,” Dera Bugti district police officer Najam Tareen told Dawn by telephone.

Gas supply to other areas of the country was not affected. “Gas supply continued from the Sui plant to Sindh and Punjab areas,” official sources said. Staff of the Oil and Gas Development Corporation will replace the damaged portion of the pipeline on Saturday morning after security clearance.