The World - News from May 25, 1987
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Kuwaiti officials announced that the Persian Gulf sheikdom has controlled a huge blaze at its main oil and gas export complex and that a major salvage operation is under way. They gave no estimate of damage or probable cause. there were no casualties in the fire, which broke out Friday night at a propane gas storage tank at the $1-billion liquefied petroleum gas plant in Ahmadi, 30 miles south of the capital.
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