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Al Jazeera
2 days ago
- Al Jazeera
At least three killed in fire at Iran chemical plant
At least three people have been killed and two others admitted to hospital after a welding accident led to an explosion and fire at a chemical factory in Iran, officials say. The accident occurred shortly after 11am local time (07:30 GMT) on Wednesday in a methanol storage unit at the Kaveh Petrochemical Company in Bandar Deyr, a city in the southern Bushehr province, Iran's state news agency IRNA reported. A fire broke out after welding on a barge at the site ignited an explosion, Kourosh Dehghani, the provincial head of the crisis management organisation, told Iranian state television. He said firefighters had contained the blaze and were now working to cool the site. No further casualties were expected, he added. Footage from the blaze carried on state media showed large clouds of thick black smoke rising from the site, as firefighting units trained their hoses on the fire. The chemical plant, situated on a 200-hectare (494-acre) site in the Gulf region, is a key producer of methanol, making up to 2.3 million tonnes of the highly flammable chemical each year, according to its website.
Al Bawaba
2 days ago
- Al Bawaba
Fire at Iran's port of Bushehr kills 3 people
Published June 11th, 2025 - 10:37 GMT ALBAWABA - At least three people were killed and 10 others injured when a fire broke out in a methanol tank at the southern port of Bushehr, Iran's state news agency IRNA reported on Wednesday. Also Read Massive fire injures 2 people at a gas station in Beirut Hassan Mousavi, the head of prehospital care emergency services of Bushehr Province, mentioned that a blaze erupted in a methanol tank belonging to the Kaveh Petrochemical Company in Deyr Port in Bushehr Province. "This incident occurred at 11:30 a.m. local time today," Hassan Mousavi was quoted as saying by IRNA on Wednesday. Injured people were hospitalized. More deaths are expected to be reported in the coming hours due to the severity of the fire. © 2000 - 2025 Al Bawaba (
