00:01Residents of the Saudi Arabian capital, Riyadh, reported seeing flames and black smoke near the city's King Khaled International Airport
00:08on Saturday,
00:09hours after local authorities had issued an air raid alert.
00:12Video footage circulating on social media appears to show large plumes of black smoke billowing above the airport,
00:19which plane tracking site Flightradar24 says is experiencing major problems.
00:24Residents of the capital reported seeing several fire extinguishing teams deployed to the site to put out the blaze,
00:30while more crews were dispatched to respond to a nearby burning fuel truck.
00:34The Saudi civil defense had sent an overnight alert to residents in several parts of the country,
00:40warning of potential danger and advising people to remain indoors and away from windows,
00:45which were lifted in the hours that followed.
00:47The incident comes amid an uptick in attacks from Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels,
00:52which declared a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia in the Red Sea in July.
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