{
  "id": 626829,
  "title": "Drone targets power station in Libya’s Zawiya, sparks fire",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/drone-targets-power-station-in-libyas-zawiya-sparks-fire",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T03:31:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
    "slug": "middle-east-eye",
    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/drone-targets-power-station-libyas-zawiya-sparks-fire"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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.\n\nThere 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.\n\nThe 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.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "DW English (Top Stories)",
        "title": "Drone attack hits Libya's largest oil refinery",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/drone-attack-hits-libyas-largest-oil-refinery",
        "published": "2026-08-12T00:06:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Middle East Eye",
        "title": "Libya power company says attack on Zawiya caused major outage",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/libya-power-company-says-attack-on-zawiya-caused-major-outage",
        "published": "2026-08-12T05:12:46.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}