ROUGH CUT - NO REPORTER NARRATION<br/> Unknown assailants blew up an Egyptian pipeline in Sinai on Tuesday that supplies Israel and Jordan with gas, security sources and witnesses said.<br/> A witness told investigators he saw three men jump out of a small truck at a pumping station in an area known as al-Maidan, southwest of the city of el-Arish, and open fire on the pipeline, the security sources said.<br/> This was followed by a large explosion heard across the city, and witnesses said 15-metre high flames could be seen shooting up from the pipeline.<br/> A local hospital said one man was admitted with burns from the blast, which also set olive groves and shacks in the area on fire.<br/> Fire brigades were bringing the flames under control after the company operating the pipeline cut off the gas supply.<br/> The extent of the damage caused by Tuesday's blast and the effect on gas supplies to Israel and Jordan were not immediately clear.<br/> The pipeline is run by Gasco, Egypt's gas transport company, which is a subsidiary of the national gas company EGAS.
