The number of victims of Saturday’s massive explosion in the port near the Iranian city of Badnar Abbas has increased to 46the state media informed on Monday. Most injured by Sunday left the hospital thereTASR writes about this based on AFP and DPA reports.
Iranian news agency Irna reported that more than a thousand injured were released from hospitals and another 138 remains under the supervision of doctors. Six people are still missing.
The explosion occurred on Saturday afternoon local time in the port of Šáhid Radžia serving especially for container transport. The pressure wave after the explosion hit 50 kilometers and caused considerable material damage. According to local firefighters, the fire that has started in the area is under control, but their efforts to extinguish it continued on Monday.
The exact cause of the explosion is still investigated, a spokesman for the Iranian Crisis Management Office has already pointed out according to him Poor storage conditions for chemicals in containers. He claimed that they had been alerted to the possibility of danger repeatedly before.
