Pipeline
El-Wahat Road gas pipeline — excavation rupture and fire
30 April 2025
6 October City, Giza Governorate, Egypt
What happened
Unauthorized excavation ruptured a gas pipeline on El-Wahat Road and the leak later ignited. Subsequent prosecution findings attributed the disaster to negligence and reported eight deaths, 16 injuries and 11 burned vehicles, superseding lower preliminary casualty figures. Authorities ruled out a pre-existing pipeline leak.
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- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Infrastructure
- Pipeline
- Latitude
- 29.9300°
- Longitude
- 30.9100°
Attribution
Responsibility has not been established in the cited reporting.