Yemeni Houthi rebels have launched missile and drone attacks targeting Saudi Arabia, striking an administrative building belonging to state oil company Saudi Aramco.

The attack by the Iran-backed group caused a fire at the facility located in the eastern city of Dhahran.

No casualties were reported in the Dhahran incident. Meanwhile, Saudi authorities stated that debris from two Houthi missiles intercepted over Riyadh injured four people and damaged 15 homes.

According to Al Jazeera, the attack on Aramco’s administrative building in Dhahran took place on Tuesday (October 13), just hours after a Saudi-led coalition airstrike targeted oil facilities in Yemen's capital, Sanaa. Emergency responders controlled the blaze, and no fatalities or injuries were reported at the Aramco facility.

A Saudi Ministry of Energy official, cited by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), confirmed that firefighting teams acted swiftly to contain the fire caused by Tuesday's attack.

Prior to targeting the national oil company’s headquarters, the Houthis issued warnings to workers and civilians to evacuate areas near Saudi oil facilities, declaring them "legitimate targets."

The warning from Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree followed an evacuation directive issued by the Saudi-led coalition, which had urged civilians to leave the Houthi-controlled Al-Sabah central oil facility in Sanaa. In response, Saree warned that any attack on Sanaa would prompt a "harsh and painful" retaliatory strike on the Saudi capital, Riyadh.

Saudi Arabia later reported intercepting the Houthi missiles directed at Riyadh. Citing the SPA, a spokesperson for Saudi Civil Defense stated that falling debris from two intercepted missiles wounded four people and caused minor damage to 15 residential properties.

Al Jazeera reporters on the ground in Sanaa reported hearing explosions shortly after the coalition’s warnings. Houthi-aligned media confirmed that airstrikes by Saudi-backed forces damaged an oil facility in the capital's Al-Sabah district.

Houthi officials appeared to have anticipated the strikes. The Yemeni Oil Company noted that its storage tanks were empty at the time, ensuring that local supplies and fuel reserves remained unaffected. Despite this, local residents reported long queues at gas stations due to fears of potential fuel shortages.

Al Jazeera correspondent Youssef Mawry reported hearing heavy explosions as Saudi forces struck the Al-Sabah central oil facility in Sanaa. According to Mawry, Saudi forces also carried out two additional rounds of airstrikes targeting Yemeni oil storage tanks at the Ras Isa port, as well as an oil facility in Houthi-controlled Hodeidah province.

Saudi-led coalition spokesperson Major General Turki al-Malki accused the Houthis of utilizing the targeted facility and its underground fuel depots to store missiles and drones.

Following reports of the explosions, Yahya Saree stated that Houthi fighters were actively engaging Saudi-backed forces in Sanaa. In a statement posted on X (formerly Twitter), Saree reiterated that if coalition forces continued their strikes on Sanaa, the Houthis would target the Saudi facilities specified in their evacuation warnings.

Earlier Tuesday, civilian evacuation warnings had been issued for Aramco headquarters in Dhahran, King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, and an Aramco-affiliated oil refinery in Riyadh.

Meanwhile, Turkish news outlet TRT World reported that the Saudi-led coalition intercepted and destroyed a Houthi missile over Al-Kharj on Tuesday, amid an escalation of drone and missile attacks directed at Saudi territory.