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The explosion at the Pars Petro Shushtar refinery in Khuzestan province's Shushtar city on October 15, 2024. Photo: IRNA
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - At least three people died and over a dozen others were injured after separate fires erupted in Iran’s Isfahan and Khuzestan provinces, state media reported on Wednesday.
A blaze erupted at the Pars Petro Shushtar refinery in Khuzestan’s Shushtar city at around 10 pm, local time, on Tuesday, according to Shushtar governor Seyyed Mohsen Seyyed Mousavi.
“The initial cause of the incident was unsafe refilling of the transport vehicles,” Mousavi said.
The fire in Shushtar killed one person and injured seven others, with three of them being in critical condition, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency.
In a separate incident on Tuesday, an explosion in Isfahan province’s Kashan city killed two and injured seven others, state media IRNA reported.
“An explosion of a melting furnace at the cast iron factory located in Phase two of Amir Kabir Industrial urban area in this city left two dead and seven injured on Tuesday afternoon,” Mehrdad Farzandipour, the head of Kashan emergency center told IRNA.
“One of the fatalities in the incident died instantly at the moment of the explosion due to severe burns, while the other person passed away in the hospital,” he added.
Mousavi announced on Wednesday that the fire was brought under control, but the emergency teams at the site remain on standby.
A blaze erupted at the Pars Petro Shushtar refinery in Khuzestan’s Shushtar city at around 10 pm, local time, on Tuesday, according to Shushtar governor Seyyed Mohsen Seyyed Mousavi.
“The initial cause of the incident was unsafe refilling of the transport vehicles,” Mousavi said.
The fire in Shushtar killed one person and injured seven others, with three of them being in critical condition, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency.
In a separate incident on Tuesday, an explosion in Isfahan province’s Kashan city killed two and injured seven others, state media IRNA reported.
“An explosion of a melting furnace at the cast iron factory located in Phase two of Amir Kabir Industrial urban area in this city left two dead and seven injured on Tuesday afternoon,” Mehrdad Farzandipour, the head of Kashan emergency center told IRNA.
“One of the fatalities in the incident died instantly at the moment of the explosion due to severe burns, while the other person passed away in the hospital,” he added.
Mousavi announced on Wednesday that the fire was brought under control, but the emergency teams at the site remain on standby.
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