The number of confirmed victims of Saturday’s massive explosion in the port near the Iranian city of Badnar Abbas has increased to 25. According to the spokeswoman of the Iranian government 1139 people suffered injuries. This was announced by AFP, referring to Tasni.
Six people are still missing. An explosion whose pressure wave hit the surroundings within a 50 km circuit around the port city at the same time caused considerable material damage to the local infrastructure.
The spokeswoman of the Iranian government of the pig Mohazhelíníková informed that Several injured had to be moved by air to the town of Šíraz and to the province of Lorestán. The situation on the site of the incident is under control and most fires have already been extinguished.
The explosion occurred in the afternoon local time in the port of Šáhid Radžia serving especially for container transport. Although its cause is still investigated, the spokesman of the Iranian Crisis Management Office has already pointed out according to him Poor conditions for storing chemicals in containersand claimed that they had been alerted to the possibility of danger repeatedly before.
