Fire breaks out at Kuwait's major oil field

Nargiz Ogtay
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According to Kuwait's KUNA news agency, two workers suffered in a fire at the Greater Burgan field.

Report informs citing TASS that the workers were hospitalized with burns, their lives not threatened.

The fire was extinguished at 12:39 local time. There were no disruptions in oil production.

The field administration has launched an investigation into the causes of the fire.

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