Libyan emergency services are battling a large fire at the Zawiya oil refinery, which was hit by a drone strike on Monday evening. The attack damaged a tank containing 4.5 million litres of fuel, causing it to collapse. There were no serious injuries reported, with most patients treated for smoke inhalation. The National Oil Corporation is considering suspending operations if further attacks occur, citing ongoing instability in Libya that has been plagued by rival power centres since the ousting of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.
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Libyan emergency services are battling a huge blaze at the Zawiya oil refinery, west of Tripoli, which was hit by a drone strike on Monday evening. The attack, one of three in two days, targeted a tank containing 4.5 million litres of fuel, causing it to collapse and trigger a massive fire. There were no serious injuries reported, but most patients treated for smoke inhalation. The National Oil Corporation (NOC) is considering suspending operations if the attacks continue. The Zawiya refinery is Libya's largest operational facility, producing 120,000 barrels of oil per day. The NOC has condemned previous attacks on facilities in Zawiya and called for an investigation into who is behind the violence. The attacks highlight ongoing instability in Libya, which has been divided since the civil war that led to the ousting of former leader Muammar Gaddafi.
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Libyan emergency services have been battling to contain a huge blaze at a major oil plant after it was targeted by unknown attackers.
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The Zawiya refinery, west of the capital Tripoli, was hit in a drone strike on Monday evening - the third such incident in two days.
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The National Oil Corporation (NOC) said a tank containing about 4.5m litres of fuel was directly hit, triggering a huge fire that caused it to collapse.
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It said it was considering suspending operations if the attacks continued.
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There were no "serious injuries" from the fire, with most patients treated for smoke inhalation, Libya's Ambulance and Emergency Service said on Tuesday.
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The NOC condemned similar attacks in past days in Zawiya, including two drone strikes on a naphtha reservoir and a water desalination plant.
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It called on the authorities to investigate who was behind the violence.
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The attacks have highlighted continuing instability in Libya, which has been split in two since a civil war broke out after the ousting of former leader Muammar Gaddafi.
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Colonel Gaddafi seized power in 1969 and ruled autocratically for four decades until he was toppled and killed in 2011 in a rebellion assisted by Western military intervention
Since his fall, rival power centres, one based in the east backed by military commander Khalifa Haftar, and one in the west in Tripoli, led by Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah, have been jostling for political and military dominance.
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