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  Fire erupts after explosion at Iranian Khormosi petrochemicals plant

  Posted by John Johnson on 23 October 2020 at 5:19 pm

  An explosion caused a blaze at a petrochemicals plant in southwestern Iran on Friday, according to state media. The country has been plagued by accidents at industrial facilities in recent months.

  The fire broke out at the aromatics unit of a petrochemical plant in the port city of Bandar Mahshahr, state broadcaster IRIB reported.

  Firefighters from the plant as well as regional fire teams were called to the site and managed to contain the blaze. There were no fatalities or injuries as a result of the incident, it added.

  Social media users have been sharing footage, purportedly taken at the plant, showing a huge plume of thick black smoke pouring out from it.

  Several blasts and fire have been reported at various facilities across Iran in recent months, causing a number of fatalities and extensive damage.

  In July, a major blast rocked Iran’s largest uranium enrichment facility in the city of Natanz. However, the authorities said there were no casualties or leaks of radioactive materials.

  Several days before that, 19 people were killed in an explosion at a medical facility in the capital Tehran.

  

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