BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - A fire broke out at a state-run gas compression unit at Iraq's major southern oilfield Rumaila on Tuesday, killing one person and hitting oil production, police and oilfield developer BP said.
The fire is under control now and firefighters are containing the blaze, Ali Khudhier, chief of state-run South Gas Co. told Reuters.
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