Fire at Saudi Aramco oil plant kills two

 

Saudi Arabia’s Aramco oil company says two of its workers died of injuries sustained in a fire that broke out at a crude oil plant in Alwsea region.

“We sadly announce the tragic loss of two workers and 16 injured from a fire” at the plant, the state oil firm said on Thursday on its official twitter page.


The oil firm had announced late on Wednesday that the fire at the crude oil facility in Alwsea region was put out, adding that regular operations had resumed.

The firm gave no details about the victims or the cause of the incident.

In September, a fire burned through Aramco’s Ras Tanura oil terminal, injuring eight workers.