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Yemeni refinery fire spreads to second storage tank: sources

Published 01/12/2019, 11:36 AM
Updated 01/12/2019, 11:41 AM
© Reuters. Workers look as fire engulfs an oil storage tank at the Aden oil refinery one day after an explosion in the refinery in Aden, Yemen

© Reuters. Workers look as fire engulfs an oil storage tank at the Aden oil refinery one day after an explosion in the refinery in Aden, Yemen

ADEN (Reuters) - A fire at a refinery in Yemen's southern port city of Aden spread to a second storage tank on Saturday, injuring six people, sources at the refinery said.

They told Reuters that civil defense forces had failed to contain the fire sparked by an explosion on Friday. The cause of the blast is still unknown.

Aden is under the control of the internationally recognized government, which is backed by a Saudi-led and Western-backed coalition and which is battling the Iranian-aligned Houthi movement that seized the capital Sanaa in 2014.

The United Nations launched peace talks last month to try to end the nearly four-year-old war that has killed tens of thousands of people, devastated the economy and left millions facing severe hunger. But tensions have resurged since then.

A Houthi drone attack on Thursday on a government military parade in Lahaj, a province next to Aden, killed several people. Saudi state television said on Friday the coalition destroyed a base used by Houthis to direct their unmanned aircraft.

The Houthis deny receiving help from Tehran and say they are fighting against corruption. The conflict is widely seen in the region as a proxy war between Sunni Muslim Saudi Arabia and Shi'ite Muslim Iran.

© Reuters. Workers look as fire engulfs an oil storage tank at the Aden oil refinery one day after an explosion in the refinery in Aden, Yemen

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