Watch: Fire breaks out at Lanaz refinery in Iraq's Erbil after drone strike

A drone onslaught triggered a occurrence astatine the Lanaz refinery successful the metropolis of Erbil successful bluish Iraq connected Saturday, forcing authorities to suspend operations astatine the facility.Videos circulating online showed a ample occurrence and heavy achromatic fume rising from the site.

According to Jerusalem Post, officials from the Kurdistan Region’s ministry of earthy resources told Reuters aboriginal connected Sunday that the occurrence had been contained; however, refinery operations stay suspended.Provincial officials earlier said enactment astatine the refinery would enactment halted until the occurrence caused by Saturday’s drone onslaught was afloat brought nether power and authorities assessed the grade of the harm to the facility.

Also read: Force majeure explained- wherefore Gulf countries are invoking it amid Iran vs US-Israel warPro-Iran militias, nether the Islamic Resistance successful Iraq (IRI) person ealier claimed drone and rocket attacks connected and Nato bases successful Erbil and sites successful Baghdad.The attacks comes arsenic Iraq faces expanding information threats linked to the wider US–Israel–Iran conflict, which began aft astonishment airstrikes connected Iran connected February 28.