Kuwait oil refinery units on fire after drone attack: state media | Global News

Kuwait oil refinery units on fire after drone attack: state media

/ 01:23 PM April 03, 2026
Kuwait oil refinery units on fire after drone attack: state media
Smokes billows from a fire that broke out at Kuwait’s Mina al-Ahmadi oil refinery, 35 kms south of Kuwait City, on Septemeber 3, 2008. (AFP file photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat)

KUWAIT City, Kuwait – A drone attack on a refinery owned by Kuwait’s national oil company on Friday sparked fires at several of its units, state media said.

“Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) told KUNA that the Mina Al-Ahmadi refinery was targeted in a drone attack early this morning, resulting in fires in several operational units,” official news agency KUNA reported, adding that emergency teams were working to contain the blazes. / dp

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