3 killed in oil refinery blast in Arbil

ARBIL / IraqiNews.com: Three people were killed in a blast on a non-governmental oil refinery in the Kurdish city of Arbil on Thursday, a security source said. “A non-governmental oil refinery in the area of Bistana road, northeastern Arbil, came under an explosion, leaving three persons killed,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The nature of the blast has not been detected yet,” he added. Arbil, the capital city of the semi-autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan Region, lies 360 km north of Baghdad. AmR (TP) 889