Worker dies in Saudi petrochemical fire

A worker has died while 11 others were injured during a fire at a factory belonging to Saudi Arabia’s National Petrochemical Industrial Company (NATPET) in the Yanbu province on the Red Sea.

The blaze began at 5:40pm on Tuesday afternoon and is now under control, spokesman Abdul Rahman Abdul Qader of the Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu told Al-ekhbariya TV today.

He also said the Royal Commission’s environmental monitoring and protection teams were reviewing air quality in the residential and industrial areas. Readings in the first and sixth stations were normal and the wind direction was southeast, he said.

#SaudiArabia's civil defense teams battled to control a #fire at the National #Petrochemical Industrial Company (#NATPET) refinery in #Yanbu @SaudiDCD @SaudiDCD_En https://t.co/e8WLRLMfKK pic.twitter.com/PHKhzsaYu0

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