- Title: LEBANON: AFTERMATH OF FIRE AT OIL TERMINAL
- Date: 28th October 1969
- Summary: 1. GV SIDON WATERFRONT 0.06 2. TRACKING SHOT THROUGH SIDON STREET 0.16 3. CU SIGNPOST "ZAHRANI" 0.19 4. LV PAN ZAHRANI WATERFRONT 0.24 5. LV OILTANKERS OUT AT SEA 0.25 6. GV OIL TERMINAL (TRACKING SHOT) 0.33 7. TRACKING SHOT PAST OIL DUMP 0.37 8. NV & LV BURNT OIL TANKS (2 SHOTS) 0.54 Initials JB/VS/BOB/OS Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 12th November 1969 13:00
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- Location: ZAHRANI, NEAR SIDON, LEBANON
- Country: Lebanon
- Reuters ID: LVA6O8C5CFKK8KFWGAV1I4BBXNIX
- Story Text: AN OIL FIRE FLARED AT THE ZAHRANI TERMINAL OF THE TRANS-ARABIAN OIL PIPELINE LAST NIGHT (OCT 27) AFTER WHAT WAS BELIEVED TO BE A BAZOOKA ATTACK.
AN OIL STORAGE RESERVOIR WAS HIT AND OIL POURING FROM IT CAUGHT FIRE. HOWEVER THE RESERVOIR ITSELF, WHICH CONTAINED 87-THOUSAND BARRELS OF OIL, DID NOT CATCH FIRE.
TWO NEIGHBOURING RESERVOIR, FULL WITH 100-THOUSAND BARRELS OF OIL, WERE THREATENED.
FIREMEN TOOK SEVERAL HOURS TO BRING THE BLAZE UNDER CONTROL.
THE ZAHRANI TERMINAL, TWO MILES SOUTH OF SIDON, RECEIVES OIL FROM SAUDI ARABIA. THE PIPELINE CARRIES ABOUT 25 MILLION TONS OF OIL A YEAR.
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