Alghadeer TV Alghadeer TV
A serious fire erupted at a refinery in the southern part of Tehran on Wednesday, with eyewitnesses sharing dramatic footage of huge plumes of black smoke billowing into the skies and red flames at the base of the blaze.
“The fire has started at the liquefied gas line of Tehran’s Tondguyan refinery,” a local official told Iranian state TV.
Massive fire at/near Tehran's oil refinery. More details to follow pic.twitter.com/O7Hj0ofQ0m
— Reza Khaasteh (@Khaaasteh) June 2, 2021
There have so far been no reports of fatalities or injuries, with firefighters and rescue teams deployed on-site to contain the blaze, according to local reports.
ویدیوی دریافتی با شرح:
'فیلم #آتشسوزی #پالایشگاه_تهران از بالکن خونه
یه #انفجار دیگه هم رخ داد.
شهرداری هم به خونههای اطراف گفت فعلا تخلیه کنند.
البته هنوز به ما نگفتند،یه کم فاصله داریم.'#Iran #Tehran pic.twitter.com/BKpojRbGOf— Vahid Online (@Vahid) June 2, 2021
A live broadcast from Tehran shows the fire still burning after darkness fell, with the blaze visible from kilometers away.
Massive Fire has broken out in Tehran refinery today. #Iranpic.twitter.com/65qoMKKFkQ
— Mehdi H. (@mhmiranusa) June 2, 2021
First footage of the flames of fire, not just the smokepic.twitter.com/qJnvSpbgfC
— Reza Khaasteh (@Khaaasteh) June 2, 2021
Earlier on Wednesday, the largest vessel in the Iranian Navy, the IRIS Kharg, sank in the Gulf of Oman after a fire raged on board for 20 hours.
