Earlier, authorities in Abu Dhabi stated they had been battling fires at a petrochemical plant in Ruwais Industrial Metropolis on the UAE’s northwest coast.
“Authorities are responding to a number of fires in Borouge petrochemicals plant, brought on by falling particles following profitable interceptions by air defence techniques,” the Gulf emirate’s media workplace stated.
“Operations on the facility have been instantly suspended whereas harm is assessed. No accidents have been reported,” it added after the United Arab Emirates’ defence ministry earlier stated it was responding to missile and drone assaults.
Iran’s army stated it was focusing on “aluminium industries” within the UAE and US army infrastructure in Kuwait, the official IRNA information company reported on Saturday.
Iran has repeatedly threatened civilian infrastructure within the Gulf international locations as US-Israeli assaults on Iran have additionally hit targets which can be key to its financial system.
On Saturday, a strike on a petrochemical hub in southwest Iran killed 5 individuals, the deputy governor of Khuzestan province stated.
In Bahrain on Sunday, the state power firm stated an Iranian drone assault sparked a hearth at a storage tank that was later extinguished.
“Bapco Energies confirms an incident occurred at one among its storage services earlier at this time leading to a tank hearth, on account of a hostile Iranian drone assault,” the corporate stated, with out specifying the situation of the blaze.
It added that the harm was being assessed and no accidents had been reported.
Iran’s escalating threats have additionally prolonged to desalination crops on which the desert Gulf states rely closely for his or her water provides.
