At least four killed, more than 500 injured in Iran port explosion
This screengrab taken from footage released by Iranian state television outlet Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting News (IRIBNEWS) on April 26 shows thick black smoke billowing following an explosion at the Shahid Rajaee port, southwest of Bandar Abbas in the Iranian province of Hormozgan. — AFP
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At least four people were killed and more than 500 injured
in a powerful explosion on Saturday that ripped through a vital port in
southern Iran, state media said.
"Unfortunately, at least four deaths have been confirmed by rescuers," the head of the Red Crescent Society's Relief and Rescue Organization, Babak Mahmoudi, told state TV.
State television, citing emergency services, reported that
"516 people have been injured as hundreds have been transferred to nearby
medical centres" in the southern province of Hormozgan, where the Shahid
Rajaee port is located.
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