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Oil station fire kills 1 at Saudi

Xinhua, October 19, 2016 Adjust font size:

A petrol tank at an oil station in Riyadh caught fire on Wednesday, leaving one dead and ten injured, Sabq local online news reported.

About 70 percent of the flames were extinguished, said the report, and no official details were revealed on the cause of the fire.

The station is affiliated with Aramco, a Saudi oil company. Endit