DUBAI: The dying toll from a main explosion in Iran’s most necessary container port of Bandar Abbas rose to no less than 65, with over 1,200 injured, state media stated on Monday (Apr 28), as firefighters battled a blaze that Iranian officers stated was now beneath management 48 hours after the beginning of the hearth.
Saturday’s blast occurred within the Shahid Rajaee part of the port, Iran’s greatest container hub. Efforts to place out the following blaze have continued since with sporadic fires breaking out attributable to wind and flammable items within the containers, some releasing poisonous emissions within the space, based on state media.
“After placing the massive hearth beneath management, rescue operations are underway, the variety of the lifeless on this incident has reached 65,” Iran’s state media stated, citing the governor of Hormozgan Province, wherein Bandar Abbas is located. “Eradicating containers might take as much as two weeks”, it added.
