Yemen and the Red Sea

Osint613 reports a large fire of about 51 megawatts at Saudi Aramco's Yanbu oil refinery, after unconfirmed reports of missile launches from Yemen

This version is a correction.

ASSESSMENT
Location
Yanbu, Saudi Arabia (the post names Saudi Aramco's Yanbu oil refinery and gives no coordinates or site detail)
Actors
Saudi Arabia
Importance
Notable

The open-source account Osint613 reported at 22:30 UTC on 3 October 2026 that a large fire of approximately 51 megawatts had been detected at Saudi Aramco's Yanbu oil refinery about 40 minutes earlier, and that this came after unconfirmed reports of missile launches from Yemen. The post credits @BeamTracker_ as the contributor, names no launch site, gives no damage, casualty or production figures, and states no cause. It is a single account's real-time report and no official Saudi or Aramco statement was read.

Open image · First image published by Osint613 with its report of the Yanbu refinery fire; the picture was not verified against the reported location or time. · Credit: Osint613 (@Osint613) · Verification: unverified

Open image · Second image published by Osint613 with the same report; not verified against the reported location or time. · Credit: Osint613 (@Osint613) · Verification: unverified

Verification: unverified

Evidence: Large fire detected at Saudi Aramco's Yanbu oil refinery

Single X post from an open-source account crediting @BeamTracker_, reporting a satellite-detected thermal signature and separately unconfirmed missile-launch reports. No official Saudi, Aramco or Houthi statement and no independent confirmation were read; the thermal magnitude is the contributor's figure and the connection to the launches is unconfirmed.