Death toll in Iran's port blast hits 46, over 1,200 wounded
Tehran, April 28 -- The death toll from a massive explosion at a port in Iran's southern province of Hormozgan on Saturday has risen to 46, the official IRNA news agency reported Monday.
The explosion and the subsequent fire left more than 1,200 people wounded, of whom 138 were hospitalized, IRNA quoted Mehrdad Hassanzadeh, director general of the provincial crisis management organization, as saying.
The cause of the incident has not been determined yet, according to IRNA.
In remarks to the semi-official Tasnim news agency on Monday, Hossein Zafari, spokesperson for Iran's National Disaster Management Organization (NDMO), said the fire at the port will be completely extinguished soon.
On Sunday, the Iranian government declared Monday as a ...
To read the full article or to get the complete feed from this publication, please
Contact Us.