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Drone strike sparks massive blaze at Libya’s Zawiya refinery
['The Associated Press']
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The drone hit a gasoline tank at the Zawiya oil refinery in the Mediterranean town of Zawiya on Monday, about 47 kilometers (about 30 miles) west of capital Tripoli, the state-run National Oil Corporation said.
As they fought the flames, another drone hit close to a key oil tank nearby but did not cause casualties or damage, the company said.
Monday’s strikes were the latest in a series of drone attacks on oil infrastructure in Zawiya, which houses critical energy infrastructure including the country’s largest oil refinery, an export terminal and a power plant.
The attacks come as tensions are rising between the government of western Libya and a warlord who controls the city of Zawiya.
Much of western Libya is ruled by local militias loosely allied to Prime Minister Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah’s government in Tripoli.