<span style="color: #222222;">A fire broke out today in Kuwait's largest oil refinery, causing several injuries but no interruptions to site operations or petrol exports. Plumes of smoke rose above the Mina Al-Ahmadi facility, located on the Gulf coast just opposite Iran, about 40 kilometres south of the capital Kuwait City.<br />'' <br />'' The Kuwait National Petrol Company, after initially stating that there were no casualties, later tweeted that there were a number of injuries and cases of smoke inhalation among workers. It said that those injured had received first aid at the site, or been transported to a hospital and were in stable condition.<br />'' <br />'' Firefighters were in the process of putting out the blaze, the company said. The Mina al-Ahmadi refinery, on a 10.5 square kilometre site, began operating in 1949. It is the largest of three refineries of the state petrol company, producing about 466,000 barrels of petrol per day.<br />'' <br />''The oil-rich Gulf emirate produces about 2.4 million barrels of petrol per day, most of which is exported.</span><br />