Indian killed in fire in oil terminal

New Delhi, Jul 22 (UNI) An Indian worker was among four people killed in a blaze at Saudi Arabia's Ras Tanura oil terminal owned by state-owned oil giant Saudi Aramco.

A Saudi Aramco statement said the Indian was killed along with two Filipinos and a Sri Lankan. The fire injured 12 workers.

The fire started yesterday morning, 0930 local time during maintenance work.

Six Indians, four Sri Lankans, a Bangladeshi and a Saudi official from Aramco were among the injured, the statement said.

Aramco said the fire has not affected production and loading work as the blaze was brought under control.

A probe by a committee is on to ascertain the cause of the fire, the statement added.

UNI