Firefighters bring Iraq oil refinery fire under control

BAIJI, Iraq – Firefighters have succeeded in bringing a blaze at Iraq’s largest oil refinery in Baiji under control, an engineer at the refinery said.

“There was no sabotage. It was caused by a technical fault,” said the engineer, who declined to be named.

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