Yemen rebel attack on Saudi oil plant sets off huge fire by F1 track

RIYADH, 27 March 2022, (TON): Yemeni rebels attacked a Saudi Aramco oil facility setting off a huge fire visible from Jeddah’s Formula One track as part of a wave of attacks.

The Huthi rebels said in a statement “we did several attacks with drones and ballistic missiles” including an “Aramco installation in Jeddah (and) vital installations in Riyadh”.

The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Iran-backed rebels confirmed the attack, which comes ahead of the seventh anniversary of its military intervention in the brutal civil war in Yemen.

Smoke billowed near Jeddah’s F1 track as drivers took part in practice runs, with Red Bull’s world champion Max Verstappen saying he could smell the blaze as he drove.

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