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Orange flames could be seen Thursday on the northern horizon in the direction of the southern Iraqi oil center Basra, witnesses said.

The witnesses, located about eight miles south of the border on the Kuwaiti side, were seen after a series of explosions which shook buildings in the area.

It was not known if the flames were caused by the explosions.

The Arab satellite television channel Al-Arabiya reported that fires had erupted in Iraq's al-Rumeila field in the Basra area.

In Kuwait, U.S. military officers with the 1st Marine Division said three oil wells "have been torched" in southern Iraq but had no further details.

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