Almost 516 people were hurt in a huge explosion at the southern Iranian port dock, according to local media reports on Saturday.
The cause of the explosion at Hormozgan province’s largest industrial port is still unknown. There have not been any reported casualties so much.
A regional port official, who was quoted by state TV as saying,” We are extinguishing the fire in a portion of the Shahid Rajaee port dock.”
What we are aware of so far:
The majority of terminal buildings have been seriously damaged.
Numerous dock buildings have been” greatly damaged” as a result of the explosion. The wave was so strong, the Tasnim news agency reported.
According to Fars news agency, the blast was so powerful that it could be felt and heard as far as 50 meters away. People reported feeling the earth shake, perhaps from a distance from the slot.
Sensor ordered
According to the ISNA media company, First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref ordered an investigation to look into the explosion’s produce and assess the damage.
However, a state-owned media reported that the explosion at Shahid Rajaee Port “has no relation to factories, fuel tanks, supply complexes, or fuel pipelines.”
The” Bandar Abbas oil services are now fully operational,” the statement continued.
Following one of Iran’s most fatal workplace injuries in recent years, this comes. Over 50 people died in a coal mine explosion in Tabas, southeast Iran, in September, prompting regulators to consider a day of government mourning.
