Overview
- The 18-inch SSGC line near Akhtarabad, which blew up Monday, sent a fireball into the sky and halted gas supply across Quetta and several districts.
- SSGC and police said outages hit neighborhoods such as Hazarganji, Hazara Town, Khaizi, and Nohsar, and extended to Pishin, Ziarat, Kalat, Mastung, and Kuchlak.
- Company teams shut the main valve and put out the blaze, but supply remained suspended Tuesday as engineers prepared to replace the destroyed section.
- Bomb Disposal Squad officials said explosives were planted under the pipe, police and the Counter-Terrorism Department sealed the site, and no group has claimed responsibility.
- Authorities advised residents to arrange alternative fuel for one to two days, and tightened security at energy sites as the blast followed a wider spate of attacks on infrastructure and security forces in Balochistan.