Saudi Arabia: A fire at Raas al-Tanoura refinery
Saudi Arabia, Economics, 2/8/2002

An official at the Saudi "Aramco" company said that three persons were slightly wounded in the fire erupted on Thursday in a refinery at Raas al-Tanoura oil port on the Gulf to the northern East of Saudi Arabia.

Also, a statement by the company said that two persons were hit by "physical fatigue." An official at Aramco company which runs the port, asked not to be identified said, " three persons were slightly wounded and that firemen controlled the fire after two hours of interference."

He stressed that the refinery which produces 300,000 barrels returned back to working normally.

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