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At least 13 killed in Yemen oil pipeline fire

MNA International Desk: At least 13 people were killed in a fire on Saturday that broke out near an oil pipeline damaged by sabotage in the west of war-torn Yemen, reported local agency.

According to the media report, dozens of people had gathered at the site of the pipeline with bowls and other containers to fill with petrol spilling from the pipeline in Hodeida on the Red Sea.

The fire broke out because of the use of an electricity generator, leaving 13 dead and 26 others with burns, while eight people remain missing.

According to the United Nations, more than 7,700 people-most of them civilians-have been killed in fighting between Shiite Huthi rebels and the Yemeni government backed by a Saudi-led Arab coalition since March 2015.

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