Firefighters Put Out Fire at Mina Al Ahmadi Oil Refinery in Kuwait

Firefighters put out a blaze that broke out at the Mina Al Ahmadi oil refinery 40km south of Kuwait City on Friday, July 28th.

No injuries were reported in the incident. 

A spokesman for Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) said the fire broke out on one of the lines at the refinery.

Mina Al Ahmadi is the Kuwait's biggest refinery, with the capacity to process 466,000 barrels of oil per day.

In October 2021, a fire broke out at the refinery leading to several injuries before it was brought under control, then in January 2022, two people were killed and 10 injured after another fire broke out during maintenance on a gas liquefaction plant at the refinery.