Oil loading operations suspended at UAE's Fujairah port

Oil loading operations have been suspended at the ​United Arab Emirates port of Fujairah, two ‌sources told Reuters on Monday, after a drone attack sparked a fire in the emirate's petroleum industrial ​zone, Report informs via Reuters.

Fujairah, located on the Gulf of ​Oman just outside the Strait of Hormuz, ⁠is typically a critical exit point for about ​1 million barrels per day of the UAE's ​Murban crude - a volume equivalent to roughly 1% of global demand.

Civil defense teams are currently working to ​control the blaze, the Fujairah government media ​office said in a statement, adding that no casualties have ‌been ⁠reported.

The suspension marks the second major disruption at the vital bunkering hub in recent days.

Operations at Fujairah had resumed on Sunday following ​a separate ​drone strike ⁠over the weekend.

The attacks come as the ongoing US-Israeli war with Iran ​strangles shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, ​a ⁠narrow waterway between Iran and Oman that normally handles a fifth of the world's oil supply.

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A fire has broken out at an industrial zone in the UAE's Fujairah after a drone strike, the emirate's media office has said, Report informs via Al Jazeera.

The civil defence teams are trying to control the fire, and no injuries have so far been reported, it added.