Drone targets power station in Libya’s Zawiya, sparks fire

A drone attack on a power station in Libya's western city of Zawiya sparked a fire at the facility. According to the National Oil Corporation, drone strikes hit the town's power plant and oil refinery. The attacks caused a massive fire at the refinery's gasoline-storage tank, which burned through the night and into the next afternoon.

There were no reports of casualties. Footage showed massive flames and fireballs erupting from the tank, with black and orange smoke rising in the sky as firefighters sprayed water. The fires at a fuel storage facility were quickly brought under control, with engineers saying damage had been limited.

The use of drones to strike vital facilities has been condemned by Libya's internationally recognized prime minister, Abdulhamid Dbeibah, who wrote that the crime of targeting civilian infrastructure would not go unanswered. No group has claimed responsibility for the drone strikes in Zawiya or a separate car bomb in Benghazi that killed a senior military officer.

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