By Aldgra Fredly

A fire broke out at an administrative building owned by Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil giant after it came under attack on Oct. 13, the Saudi Arabian Energy Ministry said.

The ministry said in a statement posted on X that the attack on the Saudi Aramco building in the eastern city of Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, did not cause any injuries or fatalities.

Authorities have responded to the incident and taken the necessary measures, the ministry added, without providing details about who was behind the attack.

Saudi Arabia’s Civil Defense said it intercepted two cruise missiles over Riyadh launched by the Houthi terrorist group. Fallen debris from the incident injured four people—including a child, two women, and one man—and damaged 15 residential homes.

The attacks occurred amid intensified fighting between Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis and the Saudi-led Arab coalition forces of the internationally recognized Yemeni government.

The Houthis said on Oct. 13 that Saudi Arabia conducted strikes on the Yemeni capital of Sanaa, which Saudi Arabia said were aimed at neutralizing Houthi capabilities used to threaten the kingdom, following the Houthis’ deadly terrorist attacks on its international airports. The Saudi-led coalition gave prior warning to civilians of the attack, urging them to stay away from an oil depot on the city’s outskirts.

The coalition alleged that the Houthis were using the Yemen Petroleum Company’s Sabah central station, underground fuel reserves, and fuel transport facilities in the cities of Sanaa, Hodeidah, and Dhamar as their resources for military purposes, local news outlet Saudi Gazette reported.

Fighting between coalition ⁠forces and the Houthis has extended from Yemen into Saudi Arabia in recent weeks, including a strike on a passenger terminal at King Khalid International Airport on Oct. 10 that killed 13 people.

The Houthis recently made major territorial gains for significant control over the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, a key waterway used for international trade.

Saudi Arabia’s cabinet warned on Oct. 13 that the Houthis would face consequences for their repeated attacks on Saudi airports and other civilian infrastructure. The meeting was chaired by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, according to the Saudi Press Agency.

The cabinet emphasized that the kingdom would not tolerate any actions threatening Saudi Arabia’s security and disrupting maritime navigation in the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab Strait.

The strait, the southern gateway to the Red Sea, has become a more vital route for Saudi ​and other global energy supplies since the start of the Iran war in late February, when Tehran closed the Strait of Hormuz in retaliation for U.S.–Israel military operations aimed at dismantling Iran’s nuclear capability.

Turkey, Egypt, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia said in an Oct. 11 joint statement that they strongly condemn the Houthis’ hostile attacks on Riyadh, saying that the attacks “constitute a blatant violation of international law.”

The nations, collectively known as the R4 Group, said they would support “all legitimate measures and steps” that Saudi Arabia may take to respond to the attacks in line with the Charter of the United Nations and international law.

Reuters contributed to this report.