RAS LANUF, Libya, March 8 (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi's forces launched at least four air strikes on areas in and around the oil town of Ras Lanuf in east Libya on Tuesday, with one striking a residential area, a Reuters correspondent said.
"An air strike hit a house in a residential area of Ras Lanuf. There is a big hole in the ground floor of the two-storey home," Reuters correspondent Alexander Dziadosz said, adding that it was at least the fourth strike on Ras Lanuf on Tuesday.
"A massive plume of smoke and dust flew up in the area from the strike. Men rushed to the area shouting 'Allahu Akbar' (God is greatest)," he said, adding that many homes including the one hit appeared to be evacuated. He said there were no reports of casualties in that strike. (Writing by Edmund Blair in Cairo)
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