The smoke clouds decreased in the city of Jeddah, a day after the Iranian-backed Houthi militia targeted the Aramco petroleum products distribution area in Jeddah, where the fire was brought under control in a short time, after emergency measures were taken, the two tanks were emptied, and the fire was not spread from the site of the accident. .
On a field tour in the center of Jeddah, specifically near the Buriman Bridge, where the scene of the accident is located, it was noticed that the smoke clouds decreased from what they were yesterday, indicating that the stages of control are proceeding according to the emergency procedures in place.
A camera spottedNews ٢٤“What was found today, near the accident, is a flow of traffic on the roads parallel to the petroleum products distribution station, as it was yesterday, as the surrounding neighborhoods are running normally.
According to one of the workers in the vital facilities previously, he confirmed in a phone call that the strategy for dealing with such oil tank fires prioritizes stopping the spread of neighboring tanks, by cooling the burning tank and dealing with the fire in several steps; It includes cooling, cutting oxygen using foam, in addition to emptying the petroleum materials in the burning tank to other tanks far from the place of the fire.
He explained that Aramco, a giant oil company, has a complete firefighting department as it is equipped with the latest equipment, in addition to highly trained firefighters.
He pointed out that the use of the term “the fire has been controlled” means cutting off the expansion of the source of the fire to the neighboring tanks, and at the same time leaving the place of combustion to continue until the petroleum materials that have been ignited are over, and it may take time, especially in tanks with large volumes that reach Its capacity is one million barrels, which puts pressure on the facility’s management, due to the circulating of the incident clips on social media, and the term “controlled” begins to be questioned.
