A rocket attack struck an oil refinery in southern Baghdad early on Monday, sparking a huge fire, an Oil Ministry spokesman said.
"A Katyusha rocket hit a fuel storage tank in the Doura refinery at about 6:00 a.m. (0300 GMT), breaking out a fire that sending a large plume of black smoke into the sky," Asim Jihad, the spokesman of the ministry told Xinhua.
The refinery firefighters have been working to isolate the fire and will extinguish it within hours, Jihad said.
"There was no human casualties by the attack, only material damages," he said.
Separately, a police source said that another rocket struck the heavily fortified Green Zone, which houses the Iraqi government offices and many foreign embassies, including the U.S. one.
It was unknown whether the attack caused any casualty, as the area in central Baghdad is under the control of U.S. troops, the source said.
The U.S. military had no immediate comment on the incident.
Another rocket hit the al-Sharikah Intersection in Karadah neighborhood in central Baghdad, causing no casualties, he added.
Violence continues in Baghdad despite the fact that the U.S. and Iraqi security forces have staged a security plan in the capital since Feb. 14 aimed at putting rampant violence under control.
Source:Xinhua
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