700 injured in blast at Iranian port

700 injured in blast at Iranian port

Footage from the blast at Iran's Port of Shahid Rajaee shows a large amount of smoke, Israeli source says Israel uninvolved in explosion.

Global reactions, offers of assistance pour in after huge deadly explosion in S Iran

An outpouring of international sympathy and offers of assistance follows a deadly explosion at the southern Iranian port of Shahid Rajaee.

Detonation occurred in the port of Shahid Radshaee. According to a spokesman for cattrophic protection, the explosion was caused by "chemicals in containers"

There are more than 700 wounded. Contentors exploded this Saturday in the port of Shahid Rajaee, South of Iran, probably due to poor storage of chemicals.

The death toll from an explosion at a port in southern Iran on Saturday has risen to 18, with around 800 people injured, the Iranian news agency IRNA reported. Six people are still missing and there was extensive material damage at the Shahid Rajai port. The exact cause of the explosion is not yet known, but it could have been caused by a fire in a hazardous materials warehouse.

According to state media, a massive explosion on Saturday in the Iranian port of Shahid Rajaee in Bandar Abbas killed several people and injured hundreds of people. The exact cause of the explosion was not immediately clear, although there were no suggestions of an attack or sabotage. The post Iran reports several killed and hundreds injured in a large explosion of ports appeared first on Diario La República.