Fire at OQ Refineries in Sohar Industrial Port under control, says CDAA
Members of the Civil Defence and Ambulance Authority (CDAA) in North Al Batinah Governorate responded to the incident. According to a statement from the CDAA, the company's internal firefighting teams played a crucial role in managing and ultimately extinguishing the blaze.
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