No casualties had been reported after the flames broke out early on Sunday, the Saudi Vitality Ministry says.
Printed On 9 Aug 2026
A fireplace reported at a facility belonging to Saudi Arabian state oil large Aramco has been extinguished, authorities say.
The blaze broke out early on Sunday at a web site within the coastal metropolis of Jizan, the Saudi Ministry of Vitality wrote in an announcement on X. No casualties had been reported.
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“The competent authorities are finishing the required procedures to cope with the incident,” the ministry added.
It didn’t say what triggered the hearth.
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi armed group claimed it carried out an assault on the power, situated on the Crimson Sea close to its border, the most recent in a series of Houthi claims of strikes focusing on Saudi oil websites.
A navy spokesman for the Houthi led authorities within the capital Sanaa, Yahya Saree, wrote on X the group “succeeded in focusing on the Aramco refinery in Jizan with a drone, and the strike was exact”.
He stated the assault got here in response to Saudi Arabia’s “breach of the airspace of the provinces of Saada and Hajjah” with drones.
There was no rapid touch upon the declare from Riyadh. Al Jazeera has contacted the Saudi Ministry of International Affairs.
The Houthis final month claimed attacks on Aramco services in Jizan. The Houthis additionally stated they focused oil installations in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia’s principal west coast export gateway.
Aramco chief Amin Nasser stated final week that latest assaults on the corporate’s services had triggered some manufacturing interruptions however that he was assured operations may very well be restored rapidly. He stated the assaults had no materials operational or monetary affect.
The assaults have added to rising strains on a 2022 truce within the warfare between the Houthis and Yemen’s internationally recognised authorities, backed by Saudi Arabia.
The Houthis, which took management of the capital, Sanaa, in 2014, additionally declared a blockade on Saudi Arabia within the Crimson Sea final month, threatening transport by means of the Bab al-Mandeb strait.
Saudi authorities have additionally blamed Iran-aligned armed teams in Iraq for assaults on its oil services.
On Friday, Riyadh signed a defence pact with Turkiye and Pakistan amid rising regional tensions from the US-Israel warfare on Iran.
