Report: Storage tank hit by attack in south Iraq oilfields

Pumping at one oil storage tank in Iraq's southern oilfields was halted after an attack ignited a fire there, sources said on Sunday.

Firefighters were working to control the blaze after the tank near the country's Zubair oilfield was hit early on Sunday either by a rocket or a bomb, an Iraqi Oil Police source and a local oil industry source said. (Reuters)