MOSCOW (MRC) -- A fire broke out at a facility used for storing oil products at the Bandar Rajaee port on Iran’s Gulf coast, reported Reuters with referece to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA).
Firefighters were on the scene combating the blaze, which was accompanied by explosions, according to IRNA.
IRNA did not provide any information on possible casualties.
The fire started at a machine used to lift containers at the port and spread to an area used for storing oil products, IRNA reported.
As MRC wrote before, in mid-September 2016, a fire broke out at Iran's Mobin Petrochemical refinery complex in southern port of Assaluyeh, leaving four people injured.Tthe fire caused no threat to the operations in the South Pars gas fields in Assaluyeh.
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