EL-ARISH, Egypt, Rabi Al-Awwal 02, Feb 05, 2011, SPA -- An explosion went off at a gas terminal in Egypt's northern Sinai Peninsula on Saturday. The explosion went off early Saturday at a gas terminal in the northern Sinai town of el-Arish. The governor of the region, Abdel Wahab Mabrouk told Egypt's Nile News TV that the fire was brought under control by mid-morning, after valves allowing the flow of gas from the terminal into pipelines were shut off. --SPA 12:57 LOCAL TIME 09:57 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/862080