At least one worker is reported dead and four injured after what appears to have been an explosion at the Nasr Oil Company in Suez. Huge clouds of smoke could be seen above the plant. Ambulances and fire fighting trucks hurried to the scene.

Suez security forces have been informed that an explosion hit one of the the oil company's storage tanks leading to a major fire. Fire fighters and the army are working to quell the fire.

The fire is considered especially dangerous as the company is located in the middle of the city. Head of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi has agreed to send fire fighting planes. The cause of the explosion is still unknown.

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