Saudi Aramco’s industrial ‌firefighting teams extinguished a fire ‌that ‌broke ⁠out early ⁠on Sunday (August 9, 2026) at a facility belonging ​to the ‌company’s refinery in Jizan, the Saudi Energy ‌Ministry said ​on X.

“No injuries were ⁠reported,” the Ministry said, ‌adding that the “relevant authorities were completing the necessary procedures to deal ‌with the incident”.

The Ministry did not immediately specify the cause of the fire.

Jizan ​is on the Red ⁠Sea near the ⁠border with Yemen. There has been no official Saudi confirmation so far that the latest Jazan fire was caused by a Houthi attack.

The reports come against the backdrop of renewed tensions between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis, which announced a naval blockade of Riyadh in the Red Sea, particularly along the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, last month, citing Saudi blockade of Yemen – a claim that Riyadh had rejected.

(With inputs from Reuters and ANI)