Oil installations ablaze in Libya as battles rage
A giant yellow fireball shot into the sky, trailed by thick plumes of black smoke Wednesday after fighting between rebels and forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi set two oil installations ablaze and inflicted yet more damage on Libya's crippled energy industry.
In the west, Gaddafi claimed victory in recapturing Zawiya, the city closest to the capital that had fallen into opposition hands. The claim could not immediately be verified; phone lines there have not been working during a deadly, six-day siege. (AP)
