Dera Bugti District Coordination Officer (DCO) Abdul Samad Lasi said that water supply to Pirkoh Gas Plant and surrounding communities was cut off after the explosion. The Frontier Corps (FC) later arranged an alternate water supply, he said. Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) General Secretary Agha Shahid Aziz said that the water pipeline blew up at two different places. He quoted local people as saying that the agreement on water supply with the gas company expired on December 30, after which water could not be supplied to the company. The same pipeline has been damaged by explosions twice in the past.