RIYADH: A massive blaze engulfed Aramco’s petroleum storage facility after Yemen’s Houthi rebels fired rockets at Saudi oil giant’s distribution station in Jeddah.
A huge plume of black smoke could be seen rising over the Red Sea city where the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix is taking place this weekend, an eyewitness said.
The coalition statement on state media said the fire had been brought under control. Flames could still be seen in live footage aired by the Saudi-owned Ekhbariya television channel.
The Saudi energy ministry said the kingdom strongly condemned the “sabotage attacks”, reiterating that it would not bear responsibility for any global oil supply disruptions resulting from such attacks, state news agency SPA reported, citing an official in the ministry.
