Fire breaks out at Kuwait's largest oil field

Two workers were injured at the Greater Burgan field in southeast Kuwait.
An employee of the Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) looks at 25 January 2005 the Gathering Center No.15 of al-Rawdatain field, 100 kms north of Kuwait City, following its inauguration just three years after coming under explosion.
An employee of the Kuwait Oil Company looks at the Gathering Center No. 15 of Al-Rawdatain field, 100 kilometers (62 miles) north of Kuwait City, following its inauguration just three years after coming under explosion, Kuwait, Jan. 25, 2005. - Yasser al-Zayyat/AFP via Getty Images
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A fire broke out at an oil field in Kuwait today. 

The “limited” fire took place at the Greater Burgan oil field in the southeast of the Gulf country. The state-owned Kuwait Oil Company said that production was not affected. Two contractors were injured, but not seriously and were transported to a hospital, the official Kuwait News Agency reported. 

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