Authorities in the UAE's Fujairah said on Monday that a fire broke out at the Fujairah Oil Industry Zone following what they described as a drone attack originating from Iran.
Civil defence teams were deployed immediately to contain the blaze, Fujairah Media office said in a statement. There was no immediate comment from Iran.
The UAE says its forces are responding to an Iranian drone and missile attack, with authorities in Fujairah reporting a fire at an oil facility.
Two missiles hit a US frigate in the Strait of Hormuz after it ignored warnings from Iran’s navy to halt, state media quote the army as saying, with the US military saying no vessel was struck.
Meanwhile oil prices jumped about 5% on Monday following the Iranian attack on Fujairah petroleum complex and ships in the Middle East Gulf over the past 24 hours, said the Reuters report.
Brent futures rose $5.75, or 5.3%, to $113.92 per barrel at 12:03 p.m. EDT (1603 GMT), while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude rose $3.54, or 3.5%, to $105.48.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards Navy issued a map that it said was expanding the areas controlled by Iran near the Strait of Hormuz to include UAE's ports of Fujairah and Khorfakkan as well as the coast of Umm Al Quwain emirate in the UAE, according to Iranian news agencies.
