US EditionFire at Iran Petrochemical Plant Kills at Least 3: State TV
- Shortly after 11 a.m. on Wednesday, a fire erupted following an explosion caused by welding at a chemical facility located in Bandar Deyr, southern Iran, resulting in the deaths of at least three individuals.
- Officials reported that welding on a barge near a methanol storage unit triggered an explosion and subsequent fire at the plant's port area.
- The Kaveh Petrochemical Company operates on a 494-acre site producing up to 2.3 million tonnes of highly flammable methanol annually within the Bushehr petrochemical hub.
- Governor Alireza Sajadi of Dayyer county said the blaze has been contained and emergency services treated ten injured people, while firefighting units work to cool the site.
- This incident comes just over a month after a large explosion occurred at the port facility in Shahid Rajaee, which resulted in the deaths of between 58 and 70 individuals, highlighting persistent safety issues within the petrochemical industry in southern Iran.
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Three killed in methanol reservoir fire in Iran's south
DUBAI - At least three people have died and ten people were injured when a methanol reservoir caught fire in a port in Iran's southern province of Bushehr, state media IRNA reported on Wednesday. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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