Insurgents blew up an Iraqi oil pipeline in northern Baghdad, igniting a huge fire, on Monday, police said.

"A huge fire flared Monday morning after saboteurs blew up a bomb under the oil pipeline at al-Malha village east of Hemrin mountains, near Baiji town, some 200 km north of Baghdad," Captain Khalid Khalaf from Baiji Police told Xinhua.

The pipeline is one of main pipelines that feed Baiji refinery with crude from Kirkuk oil fields, he said.

Firefighters and Iraqi security forces reached the area, where black and thick smoke could be seen rising to the sky, he said.

Source: Xinhua