JEDDAH: Two of several Saudi Aramco workers who were injured in a fire that hit the Wasea crude oil plant near Riyadh on Wednesday have died, the state oil firm said.
“We sadly announce the tragic loss of 2 workers and 16 injured from a fire incident in Al Wasea,” Saudi Aramco said in its Twitter account on Thursday.
No details were given. An earlier tweet said, the “The fire is under control. Company's operations are not impacted.”
Al-Riyadh newspaper had earlier said 17 people were hospitalized, with three needing treatment in intensive care.
In September, a fire that broke out at Aramco’s Ras Tanura oil terminal injured eight workers.
The company is at the heart of Saudi Arabia’s wide-ranging Vision 2030 plan to wean the economy of the world’s biggest petroleum exporter off oil.
