<span style="color: #222222;">At least five people have died and six others were injured in a gas pipeline explosion near southwest Ahvaz city of Iran.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Ahvaz governor, Jamal Alemi Neisi said, gas pipes blew up about 200 metres from the road, destroying four vehicles that were passing by. He added it was not a terrorist act or sabotage, and was rather caused by a gas leak. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Local media reported that the fire at the site of the explosion has been extinguished.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Ahvaz is the capital of oil-rich Khuzestan province on the border with Iraq. </span><br />''