Shafaq News-Basra
Two separatefires broke out Saturday at oil and fuel facilities in Basra province, southernIraq, with civil defense and firefighting teams responding to both incidents.
The firsterupted at the Oil Pipeline Company, the Shuaiba Refinery, and a fuel loadingisland during a gasoline tanker loading operation, a source told Shafaq News. Teams fully extinguished the blaze with no casualties or material lossesreported. An investigation has been opened to determine the cause.
At a fuelstation in the Uwaysian area of Abu al-Khasib district, a second fire ignitedafter fuel leaked from a motorcycle and made contact with the vehicle's exhaustpipe during refueling, a security source told Shafaq News. Firefighters broughtthe blaze under control. One worker sustained minor injuries.
Basra's oilinfrastructure has seen a series of fire emergencies in recent months. InOctober 2025, a gas leak sparked a fire at the old pumping system of theZubair-1 depot in the al-Burjesia area, killing one Basra Oil Company employeeand injuring nine others before emergency teams fully contained the blaze. Earlier, a fire at the Rumaila oil field's DS5 gas facility disrupted exportsand injured six workers, with Iraq's Parliamentary Oil and Gas Committeepointing to negligence and aging infrastructure as contributing factors.
