- A drone attack on an oil infrastructure in Fujairah caused a massive fire.
- Commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has practically stopped due to Iranian threats.
- They suspended oil loading in Fujairah, although it recently resumed after the attack.
A drone attack on oil infrastructure on the east coast of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) caused a fire on Monday. This was announced by local authorities at a time of continued attacks by Iran on targets in the Persian Gulf states. TASR informs about it according to the agencies AFP and Reuters.
A large fire broke out in the oil industry zone in the Emirate of Fujairah. It is located on the coast of the Gulf of Oman, southeast of the Strait of Hormuz, through which commercial traffic has practically stopped due to Iranian threats. Local authorities said no injuries were reported and civil defense was trying to bring the flames under control.
Fujairah is the exit point for about a million barrels (159 million liters) of oil a day, which represents about one percent of global demand. According to Reuters sources, oil loading was suspended in the port there after Monday’s attack. They restored it only on Sunday after the previous drone attack.
Iran’s armed forces warned on Saturday that they consider ports in the UAE to be legitimate targets and urged residents there to avoid them. Authorities in the UAE capital, Abu Dhabi, announced on Monday that a Palestinian died when a civilian vehicle was hit by a rocket. In another emirate, Dubai temporarily suspended operations at its international airport overnight after a drone caused a fire at a fuel tank near it.
