The great explosion in the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas leaves 28 dead and more than 1000 wounds
Iranian authorities The number of people who were already killed 1100 the injured were raised to 28About 800 are still in the hospital, l Bumpy explosion It took place on Saturday in the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas, in the south of the country, according to the last balance that was presented early on Sunday.
The head of the Supreme Court of Harmouzgan Province (which Bandar Abbas is the capital), Mogdaba Ghazhar, the number of deaths, which were tens of them, decreased. It was already identified Temporarily: eight men, two women.
Regarding the wounded, the Iranian government spokeswoman, Fatimi Mohayrani, confirmed in her social account that 1139 people. Medical centers are indicated“Many of them to Shiraz and Larsan provinces by air. Six people are still missing.
Hours ago, Iranian Interior Minister Eschlexar Momini put the balance of the wound in More than 750 people He pointed out that at least 200 had been discharged, while 300 other people remained in the hospital, according to a previous balance gathered by the Iranian official news agency. Irna.
As for the cause of the explosion, Mohayrani confirmed that the President, Masoud Vishkian, had ordered.Quickly investigate the accidentAnd urge to wait until experts needed to determine the causes of accidents and thus avoid speculative data. “
For its part, the Customs Port Office published a statement on Saturday, indicating that the cause of the explosion is perhaps It was possible to fire I grew up in a chemical warehouse, which would have caused the reaction of a chain of other deposits with flammable materials.
Pictures taken by the official Iranian media a Smoke Hundreds of meters height and the explosion in the cities where there is a kilometer.
Minister Momaini, the eyes and ears of the Iranian government, appeared on the tragedy stage, this Sunday in front of the media to contact calm and ensure that 80 % of the fire resulting from the explosion “already” is “already” It is under controlHe hopes to give the end tasks to end in the next few hours. The port has resumed customs procedures for direct transport, foreign transport, exports and imports.
The explosion occurred specifically in the port of Shahid Rajai, one of the half of the port of Bandar Abbas, One of the largest in the region. It is a vital center for Iranian trade, which runs more than half of the country’s exports and imports that are sent by sea, according to the State News Agency of the Islamic Republic.
It also has a strategic importance, because it is located in the Ormuz Strait, a The path of the main river For about 26 % of the global oil trade. It is linked to railway networks and national highways in Iran, as it links maritime trade with the industrial centers in the country and is a crossing of exports through the Iranian border.
