OfficialShipping, energy & marketsBackgroundKuwait City, Kuwait
Iranian drones cut Kuwaiti power and water output, set oil sites and a Bapco tank ablaze
- Mountain Time
- Local time
- 1:45 AM in Kuwait, Apr 5
- Where
- Kuwait City, Kuwait
Overnight into Sunday, drones set fire to Kuwait's Shuwaikh Oil Sector Complex, badly damaged a government office complex and hit two power and desalination plants, knocking two generating units offline, Kuwaiti officials said; Kuwait Petroleum Corp. later reported fires at several facilities and at Petrochemical Industries Co. Bahrain's Bapco said an Iranian drone set a storage tank ablaze, and Abu Dhabi said interception debris caused three fires at the Borouge petrochemical plant, suspending operations; no injuries were reported.
Why it matters
The wave hit water, power and fuel infrastructure in three Gulf states as Trump's deadline for strikes on Iran's own power plants approached.
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