Huge fire extinguished at oil facility in southern Lebanon

Energy Minister Walid Fayad said the fire broke out whenworkers were transferring gasoline from one storage tank to another in thecoastal town of Zahrani. He said nearly 250,000 liters of gasoline were burntduring the blaze, which lasted more than three hours. No one was reported hurt.The fire came as Lebanon struggles through a serious power crisis that hasresulted in electricity cuts lasting up to 22 hours a day. “The situation nowis almost under full control,” Fayad told reporters. He said earlier that thegasoline was for the Lebanese army.