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Formula 1 monitoring major fire near Jeddah circuit

Formula 1 are awaiting further information about a fire at an oil refinery near the Jeddah circuit staging the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Security fears emerged in the build-up to this weekend’s race after it was reported a missile aimed towards Jeddah had been intercepted and destroyed. The “hostile air target” was reported to have been fired by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group, who had attacked an Aramco distribution plant in Jeddah. That happened last Sunday and with Formula 1 having been reported to be “monitoring the situation”, another incident of concern occurred on Friday when the track action began. Black smoke could be seen in the sky as the result of a large fire at...
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