Disruption of LPG unit at Iraq’s Baiji refinery worsens power supply

The blaze at Iraq

But the blaze is reported to have damaged the unit exacerbating the already acute shortages of gas in the country.

An Electricity Ministry source told the newspaper that northern Iraq, comprising the three Kurdish provinces of Dahouk, Arbil and Sulaimaniay as well as Mosul and Kirkuk, has plunged into darkness as the gas-driven power plants had no more fuel to operate.