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Bahrain reported early Sunday that a fire broke out at a facility following an Iranian attack and that civil defense teams had taken measures to bring the blaze under control.
The Interior Ministry said on the U.S.-based social media platform X that Civil Defense teams were working to contain the fire following what it described as Iranian aggression.
Authorities did not provide details about the facility where the fire occurred, but videos circulating on social media suggested that a petroleum facility belonging to the national energy company Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) was targeted in the attacks.
Footage showed major explosions and a fire at the oil facility, which appeared to have been hit by multiple strikes.
Meanwhile, Emirati air defenses were responding to missile and drone attacks from Iran, the United Arab Emirates Defense Ministry said Sunday, as Tehran said it was targeting aluminum industries in the Gulf nation.
“UAE air defences... are actively engaging with missiles and UAV threats,” the ministry said in a post on X, adding in a separate Arabic statement that the projectiles were launched from Iran.
“The sounds heard across the country are the result of ongoing engaging operations of missiles and UAVs,” the ministry added.
Iran’s army said it was targeting “aluminium industries” in the UAE and U.S. military infrastructure in Kuwait, the official IRNA news agency reported Saturday.
Iran has accused its Gulf neighbors of allowing U.S. forces to carry out attacks from their territory, but Gulf states have repeatedly denied the accusations, saying even before the war that they would not allow their territory or airspace to be used to attack Iran.
Gulf nations have borne the brunt of Iran’s retaliatory attacks since the United States and Israel launched strikes in late February that triggered a regional war.
The United Arab Emirates is a close ally of the United States and one of two Gulf states that normalized relations with Israel in 2020, the other being Bahrain.
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The UAE has been among the main targets of missiles and drones fired across the Gulf since Feb. 28.
Regional tensions have escalated since the United States and Israel launched a joint offensive on Iran on Feb. 28, killing more than 1,340 people to date, including then-Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
Tehran has retaliated with drone and missile strikes targeting Israel, as well as Jordan, Iraq and Gulf countries hosting U.S. military assets. Iran has also restricted the movement of ships through the Strait of Hormuz.
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