Fires were extinguished at three of five Libyan oil tanks that were set ablaze last week after an attack by militants, curbing the threat of 6 million barrels of crude spilling into the Mediterrean Sea. Libyan firefighters extinguished the fires at three tanks at the Es Sider port, Ali al-Hasy, a spokesman for the Petroleum Facilities Guard, said by phone. International assistance is being sought because the fires may lead to environmental damages in the Mediterranean Sea , al-Hasy said. Libya, holder of Africa ’s largest crude reserves, has been in a civil war since 2011 when dictator Muammar Qaddafi was killed after a 42-year rule. The fires at Es Sider started on Dec. 25 after Libya’s oil guard gave Islmatist militias an ultimatum before air strikes and the Islamists fought back with rockets. Brent oil rose 0.6 percent today to $59.82 a barrel amid speculation that the conflict […]