BAGHDAD, Sept. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- An oil pipeline linking northern Iraq and Turkey caught fire after an explosion early on Thursday,CNN reported.

　　The big fire was spotted near Baiji, a major refinery city 200km north of Baghdad, said the report.

　　The news channel cited local authority as saying that the cause of the blast was not clear yet, although it is suspected to be another act of sabotage.

　　Iraq's northern oil transfer system has been plagued with such acts that repeatedly delayed the reopening of oil export to Turkey in the aftermath of the Iraq war. Enditem