Red Crescent Chief Pirhossein Koolivand increased the death toll from the massive explosion at Shahid Rajaei Port on Saturday to 28 people, according to Red Crescent Chief Pirhossein Koolivand, who updated earlier reports from state media as firefighters continued to work out the fire.
In a video released on the Iranian government’s official website, Koolivand claimed that “unfortunately, 28 people have already died,” adding that some of the more than 1, 000 injured from the Shahid Rajaee Port explosion had been moved to Tehran for treatment.
A helicopter was seen over the scene of the incident on Sunday in a video posted by Tasnim, trying to put an end to the thick black smoke rising from the sky.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian expressed sympathy for the victims of the deadly explosion, adding that he had issued a “order to investigate the situation and the causes” ().
At least five of the victims were being transported to Shiraz for further treatment, according to Tasnim, according to the nation’s national emergency agency.
About 20 hours after the explosion, a state TV correspondent reported from the site that the fire was under control but still not extinguished.
According to the national crisis management agency, 80% of the fire has been extinguished, and the majority of those who were treated at medical facilities have already been discharged, according to Entekhab news website.
According to China’s state broadcaster CCTV, three Chinese nationals were “lightly injured.”
All schools and offices in Bandar Abbas, the province’s capital, have been ordered to close on Sunday to divert attention away from the emergency effort, according to state TV.
chemicals that are hazardous
A fifth of the world’s oil output passes through the Strait of Hormuz, which was the site of the explosion on Saturday.
The explosion was likely the result of a fire that broke out at the hazardous and chemical materials storage depot, according to the port’s customs office in a statement released by state television.
Under the condition of anonymity, a member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed that sodium perchlorate, a major ingredient in missile solid fuel, was the cause of the chemical that detonated.
According to Fars news agency, the explosion felt about 50 kilometers (30 miles) away because it was so powerful.
After the explosion at Shahid Rajaei, which stretched more than 1, 000 kilometers (620 miles) south of Tehran, rescuers and survivors were seen walking along a boulevard covered in debris.
Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni stated later to state TV that “every resource from other cities and Tehran have been dispatched.”
One of Iran’s most fatal workplace accidents in years is the subject of the explosion, which comes several months later.
More than 50 people died in Tabas, in the east of the nation, as a result of the coal mine explosion in September, which was caused by a gas leak.
Source: Aljazeera
Leave a Reply