ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq - A series of drone strikes on warehouses in Erbil belonging to suppliers of the UK-based Castrol Oils caused around $5 million in damages, the company said on Thursday, a day after the attack.

The warehouses, described as “a licensed company operating within the country,” were first struck at 7:20 AM, followed by a second strike during firefighting efforts and a third hours later, Sardar Group, Castrol’s affiliate in the Kurdistan Region, said in a statement on Wednesday.

A fourth drone was shot down in the air before reaching its target, according to Erbil Governor Omed Khoshnaw.

A spokesperson for the company told The New Region’s correspondent on Thursday that the damages were estimated at $5 million and that smoke still rose from the site 37 hours later.

The strikes caused a major blaze at the scene, which engulfed stored oil and other highly inflammable materials, rendering the efforts to extinguish the fire more challenging.

Despite the significant material damage, no casualties were recorded in the attack as the personnel’s shifts had not yet begun.

Since the US-Israeli war with Iran began in late February, the Kurdistan Region has come under near-daily drone and missile attacks, primarily targeting US interests.

The company told The New Region that it is locally owned and has no involvement in any conflicts.

A day earlier, Sardar Group confirmed that they are “not parties in any way to the ongoing conflict in the region” and that their activities are “limited to investment and service aspects within Iraq and the Kurdistan Region.”

Since the start of the conflict in the Middle East, the Kurdistan Region has faced more than 480 attacks, resulting in at least 14 deaths and 93 injuries, according to data obtained by Community Peacemaker Teams (CPT).

The majority of the attacks targeted Erbil province, which recorded 370 strikes. Sulaimani followed with 90, Duhok with 11, and Halabja recorded the fewest at three.

Khoshnaw on Thursday provided an updated figure of over 500 attacks on Erbil, urging the Iraqi federal government to take "a serious stance" to protect the country’s sovereignty.

The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, a network of pro-Iran Iraqi militias linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), has claimed responsibility for most of the attacks on Erbil.

Kurdish authorities have continuously condemned the attacks launched by the Iraqi militias on the Region, while calling on Baghdad to control the “outlaw groups” and prevent the recurrence of strikes.