Drone attack causes fire at Kuwait oil refinery — state media

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait — Drone attacks hit Kuwait’s Mina Al-Ahmadi oil refinery on Friday, causing several fires but no casualties, state media said, citing the national oil company.

“The Mina Al-Ahmadi refinery… was subjected early today to several hostile drone attacks, causing fires in some of its units,” the official Kuwait News Agency said, adding that “several refinery units were shut down.”

The Kuwaiti army later said that the fire was brought under control without any casualties.

“Two drones targeted one of the units in a refinery of the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, resulting in a fire that was brought under control by the specialised teams, without any injuries,” it said on X.

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