REFILE: Fire reported at foreign oil companies' storage facilities in Iraq after drone strike

Record ID: 2373325

  • Title: REFILE: Fire reported at foreign oil companies' storage facilities in Iraq after drone strike
  • Date: 4th April 2026
  • Summary: AUDIENCE APPLAUDING (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) NATALIA TEREKHOVA, MUSICIAN, SAYING:  "It is difficult now to use only one messenger to contact everybody. People have different messengers and we try to somehow get in touch with them. I mainly use Imo. You can at least still use voice calls and video calls, you can send audio files." VARIOUS OF VISITORS DANCING (SOUNDBITE) (Russi
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  • Keywords: Iran Iraq aftermath conflict fire oil war
  • Location: AL BURJISIYA, BASRA, IRAQ
  • City: AL BURJISIYA, BASRA, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Middle East
  • Reuters ID: LVA001987204042026RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:     A fire broke out early on Saturday (April 4) at storage facilities belonging to foreign oil companies west of Iraq's Basra after a drone strike, security sources told Reuters.
        Video showed the aftermath of the fire and smoke rising in the area.
        The Iran war has killed thousands, sparked an energy crisis and threatened lasting damage to the global economy since the initial strikes that killed Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
        (Production: Mohammed Atti, Natasa Bansagi)
  • Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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