Explosions occurred early Saturday morning at the Ras Isa oil port in the coastal city of Hudaydah, Yemen, according to a source in the Yemeni Armed Forces.
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The military source stated that the nature of the strikes remains unknown at this time but confirmed that the blasts caused large fires to break out at the port facilities.
Citing Arab media sources, an official at the Hudaydah Oil Company claimed that the incident was the result of an explosion in a fuel trailer, and not due to airstrikes targeting the port.
He added that most of those present at the port at the time were employees recently appointed by the Houthi group.
Meanwhile, media activist Rashid Ma'ruf, a field photographer for the Yemeni Army, asserted that the explosions were caused by strikes carried out by U.S. warships.
According to Ma'ruf, casualties were reported among the port employees during the strikes, which occurred while several vessels were offloading oil shipments.
He also noted that ambulances and fire trucks rushed from Hudaydah toward Ras Isa port in response to the incident.
At the same time, eyewitnesses reported that loud explosions could be heard in other parts of Yemen as well.
