Saudi Arabia says ‘limited fire’ at Aramco building targeted in Dhahran, no casualties

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Energy said on Wednesday that a “limited fire” broke out at an administrative building belonging to oil giant Saudi Aramco in the eastern city of Dhahran after it was targeted on Tuesday evening.

In a statement on X, a source at the ministry was cited as saying that “an administrative building belonging to Saudi Aramco in the city of Dhahran, Eastern Province, was targeted, causing a limited fire.”

Authorities responded to the incident and took the necessary measures, the source said, adding that there were no injuries or fatalities.

Spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition, Maj. Gen. Turki al-Malki, had said on Tuesday that the coalition intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched by the Houthi militia toward Dahran adding that fragments from an intercepted projectile fell in a residential area in Dhahran.