BAGHDAD, Feb 10, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - A fire at a key oil refinery killed one worker and injured six others on Monday in northern Iraq, authorities said. The fire erupted at an upgrading unit in the Baiji refinery, once the country's largest oil refinery, in Salaheddin province. It added that "one worker was killed and six others were injured." The Baiji refinery, 200 kilometres (124 miles) north of Baghdad, was heavily damaged in some of the fiercest battles with the Islamic State group after it swept across a third of Iraq in 2014. Iraq is one of the world's biggest oil producers and crude oil sales make up 90 percent of budget revenues.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha February 10, 2026 05:08 UTC