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Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis have claimed responsibility for the attack on an oil facility in southwestern Saudi Arabia.
The attack came amid Iran's new demands linked to the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
Why the Houthis launch a 'precise' attack at oil refinery?
Yahya Saree, a military spokesperson for the Houthis, said they targeted an Aramco refinery in the city of Jazan with a drone.
The attack was in response to Saudi drones' breaching Yemen's airspace over the provinces of Hajjah and Saada, he said.
Saree said the Houthis had "succeeded in targeting the Aramco refinery in Jizan with a drone, and the strike was precise".
Early on Sunday, the Saudi Energy Ministry reported a fire at a facility belonging to the Aramco refinery without casualties.
The ministry said the fire was extinguished; however, it did not unveil the cause.
The latest Houthis attack in the Kingdom
Sunday's Houthis attack is the latest in a series of missile and drone attacks that targeted Saudi Arabia and its shipping in the Red Sea.
Attacks from the armed group have increased since the 2022 truce seems to have been broken last month.
A 2022 truce in Yemen's civil war, which Saudi Arabia entered more than a decade ago on the side of the internationally recognised government, appeared to have collapsed last month, with the Houthis announcing a maritime blockade of its northern neighbour and hitting Saudi tankers in the Red Sea.
The Houthis control a vast area of Yemen, including the capital Sanaa and areas on the border with Saudi Arabia's Red Sea provinces.
Houthis bombed Mokha port
A Yemeni government official said Sunday that the Houthis also attacked a crucial port on the Red Sea.
Fayed al-Noman, assistant undersecretary of the information ministry, said the Houthis fired missiles and drones at the Mokha port.
It is one of the main ports under Yemen's internationally recognised government, renovated in recent years to handle shipping that avoids the Houthi-held ports in Hodeida.
