Egypt confirms drone caused fire on two gas vessels at Damietta

It was unclear who was responsible for the incident, which occurred shortly after Iran carried out a missile attack against U.S. forces in Jordan, and Washington and Saudi Arabia struck Iran-backed paramilitary groups in Iraq.

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to retaliate against Iran and Yemen's Houthi group declared a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia, apparently spreading the conflict to its widest since the U.S. and Israel started bombing Iran in February.

Through a video posted on social media, Reuters was able to verify the location by the port infrastructure, the storage tanks and ship tracking data that matched the archive and satellite imagery.

The Energos Winter is a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) with storage capacity of 138,250 cubic metres. It is owned by U.S.-based firm Energos Infrastructure. Its technical, safety and commercial operations are managed by Wilhelmsen Ship Management, a Singapore-based subsidiary of Norwegian company Wilhelmsen Group.

Egypt's petroleum ministry said in a statement on Wednesday that the fires at Damietta port were dealt with immediately by firefighting and security teams and caused no injuries or fatalities. Petroleum Minister Karim Badawi went to the site to oversee response efforts, it said.