Massive fire at oil refinery in north of Iraq taken under control

Baghdad/UNI: Iraqi firefighters have brought a massive fire at the Al-Kuwair oil refinery plant alongside the Gwer-Erbil highway in northern Iraq's Erbil province under control, Maj. Sarkot Karsh, the spokesman for the Civil Defense Directorate in Erbil said.

IBNS • 28 Dec 2022, 05:20 pm

An eyewitness told Sputnik earlier in the day that a massive fire broke out at the oil refinery in Erbil for an unknown reason.

"The fire at the Al-Kuwair refinery was brought under control, without any casualties being recorded," Karsh told the Iraqi News Agency, adding that "there are only material losses, including 9 [oil] tanks."

According to the media, six fire crews were involved in extinguishing the fire.