BOGOTA, May 17 (Xinhua) -- A landslide triggered by heavy rains damaged a gas pipeline and cut off gas supplies to more than 756,000 families in Colombia's capital city, a gas company spokesman said on Wednesday.

    Rafeal Mateus, spokesman for Gas Natural's distribution company, said the landslip destroyed around 140 meters of the pipeline in Cundinamarca, the department southeast of the capital, which supplies Bogota's natural gas.

    Although another similar pipeline to the city was not damaged, about 800 industrial users and 40 filling stations which refill 36,000 gas supply vehicles were still affected by the cut.

    Technicians from gas companies are working to restore the service by Thursday afternoon, said Rafeal Mateus. Enditem