BAGHDAD, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- An oil company source said on Wednesday that the Islamic State (IS) militants bombed two oil wells in Kirkuk province in northern Iraq, causing huge fires.
The incident took place at dawn when two bombs planted in the wells exploded in Khubbaz oilfield in the west of the namesake provincial capital Kirkuk, some 250 km north of Iraqi capital Baghdad, the source from the Iraqi North Oil Company anonymously told Xinhua.
The blast of the two bombs set huge fires in the two wells, the source said, adding that the firefighters rushed to the scene and are working to put out the flames.
There was no human casualty by the attack, the source added.
Security sources in Kirkuk confirmed to Xinhua that IS militants were behind the bomb attack on the oilfield. Enditem
