Fire extinguished at Iranian petrochemical complex, latest in string of mysterious explosions

MENA

Published: 2020-10-24 14:49

Last Updated: 2024-03-24 09:03


Fire extinguished at Iranian petrochemical complex, latest in string of mysterious explosions
Fire extinguished at Iranian petrochemical complex, latest in string of mysterious explosions

Firefighting teams extinguished a fire that broke out after an explosion at a petrochemical complex in a port in southwestern Iran Friday.

No casualties were reported, according to the official IRNA news agency.

The agency quoted Mehrzad Ghaibi, head of the Health and Safety Department in the Petrochemical Economic Zone at Imam Khomeini Port in Khuzestan Province, "At 15:45, a fire broke out in the aromatic unit in the petrochemical complex in the port of Imam Khomeini."

"Experts are investigating the main cause of this accident," which did not cause any injuries, Ghaibi asserted.

The agency indicated that the firefighting teams took control of the fire completely three hours after its outbreak, according to the company supervising the complex.

The complex is one of the largest petrochemical facilities in Iran.

In the past months, a series of fires and explosions have been recorded in military and civilian sites in different parts of Iran, the most prominent of which was an explosion in a health center in Tehran in late June, killing 19 people.

There was also an explosion at the Natanz nuclear facility in July, which the authorities initially stated was an accident, before announcing in August that it had resulted in "an act of sabotage."