Yemeni Refinery Fire Spreads to Second Storage Tank

Yemeni Refinery Fire Spreads to Second Storage Tank
Firefighters try to cool down oil storage tanks adjacent to a tank engulfed by fire at the Aden oil refinery in Aden, Yemen, on Jan. 12, 2019. Reuters/Fawaz Salman
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ADEN—A fire at a refinery in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden spread to a second storage tank on Jan. 12, injuring six people, sources at the refinery said.

Sources told Reuters that civil defense forces had failed to contain the fire sparked by an explosion on Friday. The cause of the blast is still unknown.