Saudi Arabia says fire extinguished at Aramco facility in Jizan

No casualties were reported after the flames broke out early on Sunday, the Saudi Energy Ministry says.Published On 9 Aug 20269 Aug 2026A fire reported at a facility belonging to Saudi Arabian state oil giant Aramco has been extinguished, authorities say.The blaze broke out early on Sunday at a site in the coastal city of Jizan, the Saudi Ministry of Energy wrote in a statement on X. No casualties were reported.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Houthi strikes in Yemen as Saudi Arabia braces for attacks: What we knowlist 2 of 4Why are oil companies posting record profits amid Iran war disruption?list 3 of 4Why is Saudi Arabia forming a coalition to protect the Red Sea?list 4 of 4New front in US-Iran war escalates as Houthis fire at Saudi oil facilitiesend of list“The competent authorities are completing the necessary procedures to deal with the incident,” the ministry added.It did not say what caused the fire.Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi armed group claimed it carried out an attack on the facility, located on the Red Sea near its border, the latest in a series of Houthi claims of strikes targeting Saudi oil sites.A military spokesman for the Houthi led government in the ca...