Iran: Dying toll in port blast rises as crews scramble to stop blaze

A massive explosion and fire rocked a port Saturday in southern Iran purportedly linked to a shipment of a chemical ingredient feeble to originate missile propellant, killing 28 of us and injuring around 800 others.

Helicopters and aircraft dumped water from the air on the raging fire thru the evening into Sunday morning at the Shahid Rajaei port. The explosion occurred correct as Iran and the U.S. met in Oman for the third round of negotiations over Tehran’s posthaste advancing nuclear program.

Nobody in Iran outright suggested that the explosion came from an assault. Then again, even Iranian Overseas Minister Abbas Araghchi, who led the talks, on Wednesday acknowledged that “our security companies and products are on excessive alert given past instances of tried sabotage and assassination operations designed to provoke a legitimate response.”

In the intervening time, explain TV reported the fireplace was beneath sustain watch over and must collected be totally extinguished later Sunday. It additionally acknowledged activities cling resumed at the port, showing footage of containers of a industrial ship being unloaded.

There were few microscopic print on what sparked the blaze correct out of doors of Bandar Abbas, causing other containers to reportedly explode.