A fire from fuel tanks near Tripoli's
international airport that has been
ignited by rockets attack is out of control as clashes between rival militias have resumed in the area, the National Oil Company says.

Six million litres of fuel were set ablaze
by a rocket late on Sunday, with the
second depot hit on Monday.

"It is out of control. The second tank has been hit and the firefighters have
withdrawn from the site as the fighting
has resumed in the area", National Oil
Company spokesman Mohamed Al-
Harrai told Reuters on Monday.

"The situation is very dangerous after a second fire broke out at another
petroleum depot," the government said, warning of a "disaster with
unforeseeable consequences".

The Libyan government earlier appealed for "international help" fighting the blaze amid heavy fighting that the Libyan government said has killed more than 150 people in Tripoli and Benghazi during two weeks of fighting.

A statement posted to the government's
website on Monday warned of a
"humanitarian and environmental
disaster" after fighting between rival
militias over the country's international
airport caused the huge blaze.

Officials said that firefighters sent to the scene had been unable to put out the fire, AFP reported.

Al-Harrai said firefighters battled the
blaze for hours before running out of
water and being forced to leave.

As Libyan TV stations called on residents to evacuate areas near the aiport, social media sites posted images of black smoke billowing over Tripoli's skyline.

Earlier on Sunday, France, Britain,
Germany and Spain called on their
nationals to leave Libya due to the
deteriorating security situation. The US, the UN and Turkey have pulled
their diplomats out of the North African
country.

The US evacuated its embassy on Saturday, driving diplomats across the border into Tunisia under heavy military protection because of clashes near the embassy compound in Tripoli.
A British embassy convoy was hit by
gunfire during what an embassy official described as "an attempted hijack" as the convoy was on its way to the Tunisian border. No-one was injured in the incident.

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