A remote-controlled drone targeted a major fuel depot in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, weeks after a series of drone attacks destroyed a 4.5-million-litre petrol tank and threatened operations at the country’s largest functioning oil refinery.
The latest attack occurred at Brega Petroleum Marketing Company’s fuel depot on Airport Road on Thursday, according to Libya’s state-owned National Oil Corporation.
Reuters reported that falling shrapnel caused minor damage to pipelines and storage tanks numbered 213 and 220.
No casualties were recorded and the incident did not interrupt fuel-distribution operations.
Technical teams nevertheless began removing fuel from the tanks to lower their contents and reduce the risk of a fire or explosion.
