Tripoli fire rages. (ENI were to send seven fire-fighting planes)

A massive blaze continued to rage at a fuel depot near Tripoli's crippled airport on Tuesday while a Libyan paramilitary fighter jet crashed in the eastern city of Benghazi during fighting with Islamist groups.

France, Portugal and the Netherlands became the latest nations to ship out their citizens or close their embassies in Tripoli.

Authorities said the Italian government and national energy giant ENI were to send seven fire-fighting planes to help combat an inferno raging at an oil depot on the outskirts of the capital.

Italy will also send teams to help firefighters tackle the blaze, which was sparked during fighting Sunday night between Libyan militias and has been raging ever since, a government statement said.

The witness said the warplane had just attacked Islamist positions.
Sources: AFP - globaltimes.cn
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