Watch: Huge fire erupts at oil refinery in Iraq

Video shows plumes of smoke billowing into the air, as a fire engulfs a warehouse building.

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Video shows plumes of smoke billowing into the air, as the fire engulfs a warehouse building.

Around a dozen firefighters are at the scene trying to control the blaze, which is thought to have started in the refinery's liquid asphalt warehouse.

No fatalities have been reported, however local media report a number of people were injured.

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